wall off
phrasal verb
walled off; walling off; walls off
: to separate (something) from the area around it with a wall
The school walled off the playground from the parking lot.
Examples of wall off in a Sentence
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The company also has promised to wall off U.S. user data from its parent company through a separate entity run independently from ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
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Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
On Friday, however, the Blazers lured the Pacers away from that approach by walling off the paint and making their drives difficult while also giving them space to shoot from the outside.
—Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2024
Blame this one on the European politicians who invented General Data Protection Regulation, which increases the cost of advertising and walls off data for the benefit of big companies while also wasting your time.
—Mark Penn, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
Andrew Cunningham Speaking of features that can wall off some Safari tabs from others, Private Browsing sees some improvements in Safari 17 as well.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2023
Shelton intended the courtyard as a three-season room that can be walled off with removable wooden gates to block views from the streets on either side.
—Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
Patrick said the privacy of the cocoon seat, which is walled off on three sides, was another crowd pleaser.
—Randy Diamond, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
Help for Black first-time homebuyers, homeowners’ mortgage assistance and property tax relief for neighborhoods walled off by historic redlining are among the slate of reparations bills introduced to undo the legacy of racial inequity in California.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
Shannon leads me back to her office, which is walled off from the bait shop.
—Robert N. Jenkins, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
On Friday, however, the Blazers lured the Pacers away from that approach by walling off the paint and making their drives difficult while also giving them space to shoot from the outside.
—Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2024
Blame this one on the European politicians who invented General Data Protection Regulation, which increases the cost of advertising and walls off data for the benefit of big companies while also wasting your time.
—Mark Penn, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
Andrew Cunningham Speaking of features that can wall off some Safari tabs from others, Private Browsing sees some improvements in Safari 17 as well.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2023
Shelton intended the courtyard as a three-season room that can be walled off with removable wooden gates to block views from the streets on either side.
—Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
Patrick said the privacy of the cocoon seat, which is walled off on three sides, was another crowd pleaser.
—Randy Diamond, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
Help for Black first-time homebuyers, homeowners’ mortgage assistance and property tax relief for neighborhoods walled off by historic redlining are among the slate of reparations bills introduced to undo the legacy of racial inequity in California.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
Shannon leads me back to her office, which is walled off from the bait shop.
—Robert N. Jenkins, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Wall off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20off. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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