sign off
verb
signed off; signing off; signs off
1
: to announce the end of something (such as a message or broadcast)
2
: to approve or acknowledge something by or as if by a signature
sign off on a memo
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Acting Director and Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Jim O'Neill signed off on the recommendations, which were made by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) last month.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025
Jim O’Neill, the acting CDC director and deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, signed off on the policy last week.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
In that case, Johnson had signed off on the bipartisan package, only to reverse course and oppose it in the face of social media attacks from Elon Musk, the billionaire tech titan, who said the proposal didn’t cut spending deeply enough.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 4 Oct. 2025
Because neither Kennedy nor Jim O’Neill, the CDC’s acting director, has yet signed off on ACIP’s new recommendations for COVID vaccines, states haven’t been able to order the shots through the Vaccines for Children program.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025
Jim O’Neill, the acting CDC director and deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, signed off on the policy last week.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
In that case, Johnson had signed off on the bipartisan package, only to reverse course and oppose it in the face of social media attacks from Elon Musk, the billionaire tech titan, who said the proposal didn’t cut spending deeply enough.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 4 Oct. 2025
Because neither Kennedy nor Jim O’Neill, the CDC’s acting director, has yet signed off on ACIP’s new recommendations for COVID vaccines, states haven’t been able to order the shots through the Vaccines for Children program.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Sign off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20off. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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