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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Lyons, who joined ICE in 2007 as an immigration enforcement agent in Texas, signed off on a memo, first obtained by the Associated Press, that granted federal immigration officers sweeping powers to forcibly enter homes and make arrests without a judge’s warrant.
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Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
After Monarez was fired, Jim O'Neill, who served as Kennedy's HHS deputy secretary, was named as acting CDC director and signed off on the CDC decision to reduce the number of vaccines recommended for children and remove the universal recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
The City Council signed off Thursday on Mayor Mamdani’s pick to lead the city’s Department of Investigation, an olive branch of sorts amid escalating tension between the mayor and Council Speaker Julie Menin.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Final City Council approval Finally, the City Council would need to sign off separately on all of the steps that involve city money.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
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Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
After Monarez was fired, Jim O'Neill, who served as Kennedy's HHS deputy secretary, was named as acting CDC director and signed off on the CDC decision to reduce the number of vaccines recommended for children and remove the universal recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
The City Council signed off Thursday on Mayor Mamdani’s pick to lead the city’s Department of Investigation, an olive branch of sorts amid escalating tension between the mayor and Council Speaker Julie Menin.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Final City Council approval Finally, the City Council would need to sign off separately on all of the steps that involve city money.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Sign off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20off. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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