CRIES OFF Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

cries off

verb

present tense third-person singular of cry off

as in cancels

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) their film deal had been abruptly cried off, and now the filmmakers were back to square one

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The campaign works with debt relief partner ForgiveCo, which purchases qualifying medical debt and cancels it.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
The bottom line Travel insurance can provide valuable protection when bad weather delays or cancels a flight, but the protection isn't automatic or identical across policies.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

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The album mostly abandons the saxophone, the instrument Gendel is known for, instead opting for Auto-Tuned rap, glitchy R&B, and corroded 808s.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
When Felix abandons Victoria at the altar, their families and friends are left to navigate a lavish but increasingly chaotic reception.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026

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The pair of bills scraps the state’s ban on community colleges offering any bachelor’s degree already available at CSU or UC, and replaces it with a system built around regional workforce needs and a district college’s performance.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Now, so this rule changes that policy and pretty much scraps the requirement for those interviews to take place, which are really kind of integral to the process.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

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