off-limits

Example Sentences

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In another provision, computer use would be off-limits between classes and during lunch and recess.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Manish Chandi has been one of the few to regularly visit the small villages of the Nicobarese, which are off-limits except with special permission.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

At minimum, markets on mortality and bodily harm should be off-limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“When money feels like an off-limits topic to kids, they might fill in the gaps themselves, and not always accurately.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

The Academy, they said, was off-limits to journalists—no exceptions, end of conversation.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover