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 lac operon undergoes transcriptional attenuation and therefore is OFF by default, whereas the trp operon is not regulated by any such mechanism and is ON by default.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

I mute the phone and flick a switch on the side of the walkie-talkie to OFF to be sure nothing crackles to life or starts ringing to give me away.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi