play off
Example Sentences
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Drugmaker Novo Nordisk is running ads that play off Apple’s humorous early-aughts “Get a Mac” campaign to try to distinguish Ozempic from other GLP-1 drugs taken for Type 2 diabetes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
“Them being able to play off of one another allows them to just be fresher as the season and as games go on,” McVay said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Kenny: Low-ball bids, gambling on a play off.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
So is the post the result of an overly online social media manager trying to play off dumb memes?
From Slate • Aug. 14, 2025
European microorganisms were slow to penetrate the Yucatan Peninsula, where most of the Maya polities were too small to readily play off against each other.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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