as in departed
to leave a place often for another
told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work
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Recent Examples of cleared off
Gruda gave Hurzeler’s side a 12th-minute lead from the rebound after Rutter’s header from Danny Welbeck’s cross had been cleared off the line by Lisandro Martinez.
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The Razorbacks had an opportunity cleared off the line in the first minute, with Bella Field creating space and firing a shot that was cleared over the bar before Vailana Tu'ua could get to the rebound.
—Anthony Kristensen, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
Purdy was limited in practice the past two weeks but cleared off the injury report Friday.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Andy Naylor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The Razorbacks had an opportunity cleared off the line in the first minute, with Bella Field creating space and firing a shot that was cleared over the bar before Vailana Tu'ua could get to the rebound.
—Anthony Kristensen, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
Purdy was limited in practice the past two weeks but cleared off the injury report Friday.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleared off
Verb
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Once the clock struck zero and quarterback Jordan Love’s final prayer fell unanswered in the end zone, Policy swiftly departed without much expression.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Now, New England is once again atop the AFC East, their first division victory since Tom Brady departed Boston.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Kinnear exited Talk Soup for his own late-night talk show, NBC's Later with Greg Kinnear.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Reuters reported that talks began late last year after Banijay, which is listed in Amsterdam, exited the chase for ITV Studios, the production arm of UK broadcaster ITV.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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In an interview with KSL in May 2025, Sha compared learning Braille to learning English when his family moved from Myanmar to the United States.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Engineers carried out multiple trajectory adjustments as the spacecraft moved farther from Earth.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Danila Yurov scored for Minnesota in the second period, as the Wild went without a regulation win on their three-game homestand, and are now 1-3-2 in their last half-dozen.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
16 Jan. 2026
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Boston got points on two of its first three possessions of the game — a pair of rare two-point makes by Hauser, who takes 90% of his shots from 3-point range — then went cold for nearly five straight minutes.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Los Angeles Police Department could not immediately provide details of his arrest, but NBC4 reported that Sutherland allegedly got into an altercation with a ride-hailing driver, and was booked on suspicion of criminal threats.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The whole experience somehow got even more embarrassing when a group of women at the restaurant approached him afterwards.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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By the following Monday, the property was cleared out.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Following the collapse, Tricolor cleared out all its locations across multiple states.—
Samuel O'Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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Executives expect deals to pick up in 2026, with a strong pipeline and corporate clients who pushed off activity coming back to the market.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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If anything, receiver Christian Kirk pushed off.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
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The Red Storm got off to a red-hot start, scoring on their first five possessions — including a pair of Sellers 3-pointers — to jump out to a 12-2 lead.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Ross vowed to do things differently, and got off to a solid start by firing coach Mike McDaniel last week and hiring Jon-Eric Sullivan as the team’s general manager.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Cleared off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleared%20off. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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