kiboshing

verb

present participle of kibosh
as in holding back

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  1. holding back
  2. cutting off
  3. shutting off
  4. cutting out
  5. breaking off
  6. blocking
  7. stemming
  8. delaying
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  • Some investors are holding back until next year’s potentially tight presidential election, worried that if Milei loses, the next government could unravel his free-market reforms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Africa remains the continent with the largest electricity access gap, holding back economic growth and industrial development.
    — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of holding back
Verb
  • Across administrations, Washington has imposed financial sanctions on rivals, such as Iran and Russia, cutting off their access to dollar transactions and thereby kneecapping their foreign trade.
    — Gordon Liao, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The next day, historic flooding tore through parts of the region — washing out highways, triggering rock and mudslides and cutting off communities that have spent more than a week navigating lengthy detours.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of cutting off
Verb
  • The pair hunched over a laptop, studying the intricacies of Miller’s approach to shutting off the baseline on defense.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Southern California Edison is considering shutting off power to some 250,000 customers.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shutting off
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  • But today, the focus on cutting out useless tasks is much stronger, driven by a real push to shrink workforce expenses.
    — Konstantin Klyagin, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The headphones were very good at cutting out noise from a plane engine.
    — Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of cutting out
Verb
  • Mackert showed an exacting style, breaking off big runs and dishing out hard hits in short-yardage situations.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The Rams came out strong to start the second half, Corum breaking off a 23-yard touchdown run for a 17-9 lead.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of breaking off
Verb
  • Concerns about noise, environmental impacts, and the approval process led to lawsuits and a temporary court order blocking Westlake from advancing the project's development agreement.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Hyde-Smith did not change her mind about blocking his nomination.
    — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of blocking
Verb
  • Roy says renter protections will be vital to stemming the city’s homelessness crisis.
    — Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • An Elgin man faces 11 felony charges stemming the August shooting of a woman in Aurora.
    — Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of stemming
Verb
  • Californians have kept our end of that bargain, but insurance companies have broken their side of the promise by denying, delaying and underpaying valid claims and dropping coverage.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The tool has been blamed by doctors and patients for delaying necessary care.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of delaying
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