pass off

Example Sentences

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“But, especially in places like math and coding, you can pass off the output of LLMs to, or direct the LLMs with, other technologies that had lost favor but actually are very useful.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The majority of students — 80% — say they would not use AI to submit classwork to pass off as their own.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Dobie also had a hand in Rowe's second-half try before collecting Van der Merwe's pass off the floor to sprint in for a well-deserved hat-trick.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

She pointed out that it was “silly” that a 30-year-old man was trying pass off yelling at teenagers as “debate.”

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

He saw me coming and got the pass off to my man at the top of the key, and I turned and ran back to my man.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers