Examples of call off in a Sentence
she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest
called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it
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The Foreign Ministry later announced that the business and scientific forum Tajani was to attend in Miami had also been called off.
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Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Isar called off a launch attempt on January 21 due to an issue with a pressurization valve, and then halted a countdown on March 25, moments before liftoff, when engineers detected rising temperatures in the rocket’s liquid propane fuel.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
The new survey was conducted June 11-17, just after Trump called off threats to escalate the war with Iran.
—Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The survey was conducted June 11–17, shortly after Trump called off threats to escalate tensions with Iran.
—Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 June 2026
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Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Isar called off a launch attempt on January 21 due to an issue with a pressurization valve, and then halted a countdown on March 25, moments before liftoff, when engineers detected rising temperatures in the rocket’s liquid propane fuel.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
The new survey was conducted June 11-17, just after Trump called off threats to escalate the war with Iran.
—Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The survey was conducted June 11–17, shortly after Trump called off threats to escalate tensions with Iran.
—Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 June 2026
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“Call off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20off. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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