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as in began
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question
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as in died
slang
to stop living
surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off
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Recent Examples of kicked off
Jennifer Garner, Julia Roberts, and other celebs just kicked off cardigan season — and Amazon shoppers are following suit by adding this cute new sweater to their closets.
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Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Kosnick’s finance career kicked off with a level of early achievement that most people only dream of.
—William Jones, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The band kicked off their residency on July 11 and performed select dates through July 27.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The controversial two-day Mixed Doubles kicked off on Tuesday as the stars aligned with various degrees of success.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Texas' plan to redraw legislative district boundaries has kicked off a broader fight between blue and red states, not just with California.
—Robert Birsel
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
In addition, the US military has kicked off its own process to increase the number of Falcon 9 launches at Vandenberg to 100 per year.
—PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Though she is best known as a reality TV personality — having been named one of Variety‘s most powerful women on reality TV in 2023 and 2024 — her acting career has kicked off more recently.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
The low price has taken the tech world by surprise and kicked off a wave of excitement.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Kosnick’s finance career kicked off with a level of early achievement that most people only dream of.
—William Jones, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The band kicked off their residency on July 11 and performed select dates through July 27.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The controversial two-day Mixed Doubles kicked off on Tuesday as the stars aligned with various degrees of success.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Texas' plan to redraw legislative district boundaries has kicked off a broader fight between blue and red states, not just with California.
—Robert Birsel
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
In addition, the US military has kicked off its own process to increase the number of Falcon 9 launches at Vandenberg to 100 per year.
—PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Though she is best known as a reality TV personality — having been named one of Variety‘s most powerful women on reality TV in 2023 and 2024 — her acting career has kicked off more recently.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
The low price has taken the tech world by surprise and kicked off a wave of excitement.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked off
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Russell’s touchdown came 3 plays after Green ran for 35 yards on the first play of the possession that began at midfield.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Sep. 2025
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LaFleur began his Packer career going 8-0 against the NFC North and was 15-3 in his first three seasons.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Osbourne, who died July 22 at 76 after a heart attack, famously bit the head off a bat during a solo performance.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Julie Henneberry, a Bay View woman whose firefighter father died on 9/11, is sharing her story publicly for the first time.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Last year, 39-year-old Kendra Frazer was found dead just hours before the festival commenced.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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And despite holding a groundbreaking ceremony last September, building still has not commenced on a 120-bed behavioral health facility on the campus of Palomar Medical Center in Escondido.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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And to round things out, a couple volleyball-centric stories, as the Cards started their 2025 campaign last week.—
Payton Titus,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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Bhutia quit his corporate life and started a cloud kitchen in 2023.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Recently, Sanchez posted another emotional message on Instagram, this time after her mother-in-law, Jacklyn Bezos, passed away at the age of 78.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Sep. 2025
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Løchen passed away when Trier was a child.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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Then, the Oversight Committee later released 33,000 files on Epstein, just hours after the discharge petition opened.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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The trailer opened with Bryant writing a letter to her longtime frenemy Huger.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Sadly, none of her citrus survived, and many of her cattle perished.—
Mandi Wright,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Kicked off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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