How to Use sign off in a Sentence

sign off

verb
  • The email notes that the City Council must still sign off on the deal.
    Eric Heisig, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The 28-year veteran will sign off at the end of the year.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The pair signed off the video with a sweet message for Brandy.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • But the Coast Guard will first need to sign off on a permit.
    oregonlive, 2 July 2022
  • All that is left now is for a judge to sign off on the divorce.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
  • Do the campaigns have to be signed off by the film’s creatives?
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
  • All of these things were things that had to be signed off on by the guardian throughout.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Now the House must still sign off on changes to the bill made in the upper chamber.
    Talia Richman, Dallas News, 26 May 2021
  • Steven Spielberg, of course, he's got to sign off on it too.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Brady needs 24 of the 32 NFL owners to sign off on the move before it can be locked in by the league.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Two doctors and a panel would need to sign off on the choice.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
  • This requires three to 10 people to sign off on the new hire.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • But that's not enough for banks to sign off loan approvals.
    Percy Hung, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Leavitt was asked about the bill's prospects in the House, which will have to sign off on the Senate changes.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 30 June 2025
  • It is hoped, by all sides, that these two deals can be signed off in the autumn.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 30 July 2025
  • But before Who Dats get into the Dome, the city will have to sign off on the plan as well.
    Sarah Ravits, NOLA.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Whitmer will sign off on the slate for Biden and Harris.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Last week a judge ordered the league to sign off on a contract, and the Thorns signed her to a three-year deal.
    Portland Timbers and Thorns Fc, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The measure would allow the teams to apply for the aid but the state would have to sign off on each project.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025
  • The commission must sign off for the project to go forward.
    Eric Heisig, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Not that anyone truly asked him to sign off on the two-day event.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • San Diego City Council members signed off on the project in 2020.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
  • In that case, the subpoena was signed by a film studio lawyer and not signed off on by the court.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2023
  • At the time, the FAA signed off on how Boeing addressed this issue.
    ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The footage of the incident from Sept. 30 shows Bowman pulling the signs off the door, pulling the fire alarm, and walking away.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The goal is for the school board to sign off on a final boundary map at its Jan. 10 meeting.
    Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2021
  • For a play to get onto that play sheet, every coach has to sign off on it in some way.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The victim's husband, Daniel Picus, signed off on the plea.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Once the team had worked their magic, NASA then signed off on the finished products.
    Ian Stokes, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Responsible leaders don’t just sign off on policy but actively show up and live it.
    Kathleen Walch, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025

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