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cutoff

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Recent Examples of cut off
Verb
Hospitals were determined to have a significant risk if Fathom’s 100-year flood data predicted that a foot or more of water could reach a considerable portion of their buildings, excluding parking garages, or cut off road access to the hospital. CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025 The snowfall continued into Saturday, blocking roads and trails and cutting off access to several routes popular during China’s eight-day National Day holiday. Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
Jenna Ortega sat front row in a cutoff mini, while Jonathan Bailey smiled in a chill denim zip-up. Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025 The list below ranks them from the lowest to highest share within the 25% cutoff. Mike Winters, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cut off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut off
Verb
  • But her six-figure salary didn’t stop her from using the Foundation as her personal piggy bank, records show.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Witkoff, Rubio, and Kushner then streamlined the proposal to a two-phase structure—first, a ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners to stop the fighting; second, a framework for Gaza's future, including disarmament and a technocratic transitional government.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just when things appeared to cool down and players were separated, another skirmish occurred near the bleachers.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Tocchet tried playing the two of them together in camp, in practices and in the preseason games, but separated them for the final preseason game and for Monday’s practice.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The cessation of all fighting by the IDF and Hamas will go into effect after the Israel government ratifies the deal, according to an Israeli official.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This inclusive and democratic process has been able to sustain a cessation of conflict for the past 27 years.
    Dana El Kurd, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, the extended family gatherings ceased altogether.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, though, the wins and losses cease to matter.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The tide could be a foot higher than the point where major flooding begins that can produce severe damage to homes and businesses, making some roads impassable and isolating neighborhoods.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Aid is expected to flow into Gaza, where scenes of devastation and hunger, as well as a famine declaration, have prompted outrage around the world and left Israel isolated diplomatically.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His team sees the deal as a start, not an ending.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This is the latest Showtime series to announce its ending in the wake of the Paramount-Skydance merger.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Get skillets, Dutch ovens, cake pans, and more before the sale ends.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • All federal employees who are not paid during the shutdown, whether they were furloughed or remained working, are entitled by law to back pay once the shutdown ends.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mumford and three of the night's nine musicians - including fellow full-time members Ted Dwane on stand-up bass and Ben Lovett on keys - were forced to bring the song to a halt.
    Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The Padres were eliminated from the playoffs in the Wild Card round, and because of Wrigley Field's century-old accommodations, the umpire crew was forced to exit the game through the visitors' dugout immediately after San Diego's season had come to a screeching halt.
    Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Cut off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20off. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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