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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Nurses at three major Northwell Health hospitals on New York's Long Island reached a tentative contract agreement on Thursday and called off a strike, according to the NYSNA.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2026
Cities that have called withdrawal elections have until mid-March to call off the May referendums.
—Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
That news in turn came just over a week after musician Chuck Redd called off an annual Christmas Eve jazz concert that has occurred at the Kennedy Center for the last 20 years.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
The search for Naim has been called off.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2026
Cities that have called withdrawal elections have until mid-March to call off the May referendums.
—Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
That news in turn came just over a week after musician Chuck Redd called off an annual Christmas Eve jazz concert that has occurred at the Kennedy Center for the last 20 years.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
The search for Naim has been called off.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Call off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20off. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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