blowoff
Example Sentences
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After that, it backed off a little on what seemed like normal profit-taking rather than any sort of blowoff capitulation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Even before the pandemic, people thought of Friday as a kind of blowoff day. And now there’s a growing expectation that you can work from home to jump-start your weekend.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
“I did kind of think it would be a blowoff class.”
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019
Others reckoned that last week's pulling and pushing set the base for a blowoff, or sudden and possibly spectacular advance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps there is some major and as yet undiscovered atmospheric constituent—nitrogen, for example—which keeps the average molecular weight of the atmosphere high and prevents blowoff.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
