How to Use off the table in a Sentence

off the table

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• Like jalapeño poppers but with a seafood surprise, this snack will fly off the table.
  — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
• Still, both sides have signaled that diplomacy is not off the table.
  — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 20 July 2026
• Putting the fork down between bites for one meal a day, with the phone off the table, is the simplest way to build the habit.
  — Allison Palmer july 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
• During summer in the South, there are many times when cooking is just off the table.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
• With the mandatory-offer scenario off the table for now, that pressure has eased.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 July 2026
• For the foreseeable future, in-space repairs are likely off the table.
  — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
• Bad weather on the ascent corridor took the first three launch options on March 1 and 2 off the table.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
• The simplest version of this ritual, according to the research, is to put your fork down between bites for one meal a day and leave your phone off the table.
  — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
• With state legislation off the table for now, action at the federal level is still possible and much needed.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
• There are still three weeks left before the MLB trade deadline, and almost nothing is entirely off the table for Washington.
  — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 July 2026
• At this point, House Bill 2189 remains in the Senate but off the table and unlikely to be debated or voted on—at least for now.
  — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 30 June 2026
• And this morning, after threatening a new massive strike and then reportedly taking that off the table for now, the strategy to end this war is still unclear, even after those deadly attacks on Americans.
  — ABC News, 26 July 2026
• In January, Garnett took the death penalty off the table but ruled that prosecutors could use items collected from Mangione’s backpack during his arrest as evidence against him.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
• Club portfolio director Jeff Marks said these reports take an interest rate hike at the Federal Reserve's July meeting off the table.
  — Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 15 July 2026
• Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, for example, is lined up to start Saturday, which may take him off the table for the All-Star Game next Tuesday.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
• Following the jobs number, traders took a potential September hike off the table though futures still point to a potential increase in October, according to the CME Group's FedWatch gauge.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 July 2026