1
as in stops
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill
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2
as in separates
to set or keep apart from others
the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared
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Recent Examples of cuts off
Waymo cuts off firetruck with sirens, lights running In a video posted on TikTok on June 18, a Waymo vehicle turned into a lane in Atlanta's entertainment district where a firetruck was driving the wrong direction.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
But a wartime spike in energy prices has pushed rate cuts off the table for now.
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Scott Horsley,
NPR,
17 June 2026
Currently, Screen Time often acts up and just cuts off access to all apps, whether it’s supposed to or not.
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Tyler Hayes,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2026
As the rocket’s core stage cuts off, the zero G indicator will begin to float, identifying the moment when the crew is officially in space.
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Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Turning your phone off or using airplane mode cuts off wireless communication while still allowing alarms to work.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
The drug cuts off access to vitamin A in the testes by blocking a receptor known as RAR alpha.
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Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Many girls and women have turned to online education being offered by organizations in other countries, but the nationwide blackout now cuts off their access to that, too.
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Chantelle Lee,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
For males, this means a vasectomy, which is a surgical procedure that cuts off the supply of sperm to the semen.
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Kelly Burch Published,
Verywell Health,
15 Sep. 2025
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
But a wartime spike in energy prices has pushed rate cuts off the table for now.
—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
17 June 2026
Currently, Screen Time often acts up and just cuts off access to all apps, whether it’s supposed to or not.
—
Tyler Hayes,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2026
As the rocket’s core stage cuts off, the zero G indicator will begin to float, identifying the moment when the crew is officially in space.
—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Turning your phone off or using airplane mode cuts off wireless communication while still allowing alarms to work.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
The drug cuts off access to vitamin A in the testes by blocking a receptor known as RAR alpha.
—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Many girls and women have turned to online education being offered by organizations in other countries, but the nationwide blackout now cuts off their access to that, too.
—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
For males, this means a vasectomy, which is a surgical procedure that cuts off the supply of sperm to the semen.
—
Kelly Burch Published,
Verywell Health,
15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuts off
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Santorini stops being only a view and starts behaving like a place again.
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Workforce needs, customer expectations, and business conditions evolve, and leaders have to be willing to adjust if the model stops delivering results.
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When baked in a very hot oven, butter contains enough water to form steam, which separates doughs into layers of flaky pastry.
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This is where discipline separates an uncomfortable opportunity from a value trap.
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This essentially means that, for under-16s, Snapchat ceases to function as a social media app and becomes something closer to a sophisticated messaging platform just for friends and family.
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In the company of Charlie and Catherine, Leonora ceases to feel like herself.
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The Beats Studio Pro isolates your music using adaptive active noise cancelling and 360-degree Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking.
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For clear voice communication, each earbud has a dual-microphone system paired with an AI noise reduction algorithm that isolates the wearer’s voice from ambient sound in the background.
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This pet bed deal is available until Prime Day ends on Friday, June 26.
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Denver International Airport’s A Line ends directly behind the hotel, after a roughly (okay, exactly) 37-minute airport transfer.
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The countywide legislation halts zoning and permitting processes for data centers and BESS sites in unincorporated areas of Jackson County for 180 days, which sponsor Sean Smith and other legislators have said will create time for the county to set more detailed permanent land use policies.
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But the publishing machine never quite halts, and the coming months do star a (smaller) collection of exciting new releases.
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According to the reports, the malfunctions occurred during the ride's signature ‘tilt' portion, where the segment of track containing the ride vehicle breaks off completely and tilts forward 45 degrees before reconnecting to another piece of track at a 90-degree angle to the ground below.
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If the mouthpiece breaks off, try to remove it without digging into the skin.
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Clavicular is then removed from the frame before the stream abruptly cuts out.
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But after the price of oil surged with the advent of the Iran war, roiling expectations for inflation, the markets began pricing those cuts out, with some investors even bracing for the possibility of rate hikes this year.
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