off

Example Sentences

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The response has been a far cry from the blue “HANDS OFF OUR YARDS!” signs that multiplied across Los Angeles foothill neighborhoods last year as the board began developing the rules in earnest.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

The combination of the department-store chains, which also includes Saks OFF 5th, was a bid to create a luxury-retailing juggernaut better able to streamline costs and hang on to their wealthy shoppers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Place back in a turned OFF oven just to soften/melt chips, then spread the melted chips over the saltines.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022

The trp operon is constitutive and remains ON by default, whereas the lac operon is repressible and therefore is OFF by default.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

This one had a switch, which the man deftly snapped to the end that said OFF.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry