cast off

Example Sentences

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Japan has cast off lost decades of deflation to join the rest of the developed world in modest inflation, currently running near 3%.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Impressive world building gives a visceral texture to the environment that reflects the prickly emotions by those used, abused and cast off, who then reclaim their power by banding together.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

“We would just pretend to snap for practice, and then for the games they would cut the cast off my wrist and put me in a splint or a brace.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

"Let us cast off the armour of our ethnic and political divisions, open our religious confessions to mutual encounter and reawaken in our hearts the dream of a united Lebanon," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

I took my place in the stem and sat gripping the gunwales with white-knuckled hands while Falconer climbed in, rocking the boat sickeningly, and the wherryman cast off.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood