Examples of work off in a Sentence
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The Little Rock Civil Service Commission this week upheld the firing of a Little Rock police officer who pepper-sprayed a woman outside a nightclub in 2023 while working off-duty.
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Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
Two North Richland Hills police officers were working off-duty at Malibu Jack’s at the time of the shooting.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, these future soldiers are consigned to another week working off the pounds.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
It’s been a while since Bigelow was a major player on the Oscar scene, but working off of a script from the screenwriter of Jackie (and, um, The Maze Runner), interest will be piqued.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
Two North Richland Hills police officers were working off-duty at Malibu Jack’s at the time of the shooting.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, these future soldiers are consigned to another week working off the pounds.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
It’s been a while since Bigelow was a major player on the Oscar scene, but working off of a script from the screenwriter of Jackie (and, um, The Maze Runner), interest will be piqued.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Work off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20off. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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