as in cessations
the stopping of a process or activity
with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt
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Recent Examples of cutoffs
His denim cutoffs, which crept up in length over the years, were known as Bobby Shorts.
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Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
The tuxedo shirt Inspired by men’s dress shirts, tuxedo shirts add black-tie elegance to everything from denim cutoffs to, well, black-tie affairs.
—Avery Matera, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
According to Miami-Dade County’s most recent income cutoffs, a single person making up to around $100,000 per year could qualify for this housing.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
As most analysts focus on the symptoms of competition—tariffs, semiconductor supply chain cutoffs, and short-term technological races—Beijing is building capabilities and influence in the underlying systems that will define the decades ahead.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025
But keep in mind many have cutoffs for ordering and specific pick up times and instructions.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 21 Nov. 2025
The Ironman World Championship uses strict time cutoffs for completing the swim, bike and run portions.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
Powered by a 240-kW battery, the refueler is integrated with SkyMark’s Gen 2 control system, which provides safety cutoffs.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
If successful, the city shouldn’t have any violations of the irrigation ordnance by this time next year, Harder said, emphasizing the cutoffs would only be for irrigation, not indoor usage.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
The tuxedo shirt Inspired by men’s dress shirts, tuxedo shirts add black-tie elegance to everything from denim cutoffs to, well, black-tie affairs.
—Avery Matera, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
According to Miami-Dade County’s most recent income cutoffs, a single person making up to around $100,000 per year could qualify for this housing.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
As most analysts focus on the symptoms of competition—tariffs, semiconductor supply chain cutoffs, and short-term technological races—Beijing is building capabilities and influence in the underlying systems that will define the decades ahead.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025
But keep in mind many have cutoffs for ordering and specific pick up times and instructions.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 21 Nov. 2025
The Ironman World Championship uses strict time cutoffs for completing the swim, bike and run portions.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
Powered by a 240-kW battery, the refueler is integrated with SkyMark’s Gen 2 control system, which provides safety cutoffs.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
If successful, the city shouldn’t have any violations of the irrigation ordnance by this time next year, Harder said, emphasizing the cutoffs would only be for irrigation, not indoor usage.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutoffs
Noun
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Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Regardless, Super Bowl 49 easily had one of the most iconic endings in NFL history.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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There were no fairy-tale endings in Love Is Blind season 9, but that was four whole months ago.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The abrupt disruption resulted in chip shortages and production halts at several automakers.—
Sarah Jacob,
Bloomberg,
14 Jan. 2026
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Conflict in Yemen has prompted air traffic halts — leaving about 600 tourists stranded on a remote island.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Strahan, who was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a 15-year career with the Giants, recorded 141½ sacks in 216 games and is considered one of the best defensive ends of all time.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The song also has writing and production credits from Mark Sonnenblick and Ian Eisendrath, known for their work on musicals for stage and screen, and its key features — the story-forward lyrics sung mostly in English and the ascendant, spotlit hook — are built toward those ends.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
29 Jan. 2026
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The closures come after a water pump failed in December at Oak Spring, which provides the sole water source to the Chisos Basin area, staff wrote on Facebook.—
Outside,
Outside,
3 Feb. 2026
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Recently, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced school closures citing finances and declining enrollment as the main reasons families in those schools will be forced to find other options.—
Froylan Jimenez,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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In at least five major cases, officials appeared to make public declarations about the incidents before formal investigations had reached final conclusions about those assertions.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Without that distinction, conclusions can be misleading.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The bill also orders utilities to implement low-income financial assistance programs and creates a moratorium for electricity shutoffs during warmer weather.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
29 Jan. 2026
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City staff were making efforts to notify affected businesses and residents where and when water shutoffs needed to be invoked for repairs.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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However, about a year after Starwood bought the office buildings, the coronavirus outbreak ushered in wide-ranging business shutdowns that chased workers out of their offices over fears about the spread of the deadly virus.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Yet the term actually dates back to the Covid-19 pandemic, when the seismic impact from widespread shutdowns was just coming into focus and economists all over the world began straining to predict what an eventual recovery would look like.—
Trevor Bach,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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