How to Use off-ramp in a Sentence

off-ramp

noun
  • When do Democrats take an off-ramp?
    Sudiksha Kochi, The Hill, 9 Nov. 2025
  • That off-ramp is always there, though.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The wreck happened just west of the Kipling off-ramp.
    Logan Smith, CBS News, 23 May 2026
  • In the months that followed, many tents appeared to pop up on freeway on- and off-ramps.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Never ever stop and try to park on the side of an interstate or on an off-ramp.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Biden’s inner circle has shown no public signs of urging him to find an off-ramp.
    Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • The pirates of the eighteenth century lacked such easy off-ramps.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • There appears to be no off-ramp yet, as the destruction and death toll mount in both countries.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Think of them as on-ramps and off-ramps that connect highways to cities—and other highways.
    George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • While no freeways will be closed, some on-ramps and off-ramps will be temporarily blocked.
    Holly Andres, Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Washington looking for an off-ramp?
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Some off-ramps will be closed during these operations.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Dash cam footage and traffic cameras showed the motorcycle stop at the top of the next off-ramp.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
  • During that time, crews are expected to wrap up work on the new on- and off-ramps, Youmans said.
    Rose Evans updated May 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026
  • There are two main off-ramps for older ships—one with a happier ending than the other.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
  • Some investors are balking at paying those high prices and are instead looking for off-ramps.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Still, there could be an off-ramp for Russia before Congress moves.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 July 2025
  • As the standoff stretches into its third week, no plausible off-ramps have emerged (yet).
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • State police said the Exit 92 off-ramp was closed for some time because of the crash.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But the fact that there’s an agreement of this scale after just a weekend of face-to-face talks shows that both sides want an off-ramp.
    Shuli Ren, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
  • The premise of wealth providing an off-ramp to media decline appears to be falling apart.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Gave them multiple off-ramps to wind down that program, to wind down the nuclear program.
    Jack Fink, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • To end without a deal marks a fundamental blow to nascent hopes of finding an off-ramp to this crisis.
    Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Bonnet then allegedly fled on foot from the crash, running north up the southbound highway off-ramp.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Some Chinese opinion leaders appeared to suggest off-ramps in the trade war.
    Beijing and Washington Bureaus, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The Supreme Court has a possible off-ramp to defuse Tuesday’s case.
    USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Her car was found with its engine still running along the Blue Route off-ramp to Route 1.
    Joe Holden, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Washington, meanwhile, appears to be searching for an off-ramp without a map.
    Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This quick ritual also provides an off-ramp to transition to my life outside of work.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Some kind of political compromise does still appear to be the most likely off-ramp.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026

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