leave off

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Recent Examples of leave off Cosgrove told Barrymore that the movie is meant to pick up where the three-season reboot left off − a massive cliffhanger. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025 Season one of The Braxtons, which premiered in 2024, picked up where Braxton Family Values left off—documenting not only fame and fortune, but also the grief of losing Traci. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025 Forty years after her first memoir, Elvis and Me, revolutionized the modern-day lore surrounding the King of Rock & Roll and his young bride, Priscilla Presley has released a new book that picks up where her last one left off. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025 Shot back-to-back with 28 Years Later, the upcoming sequel is set to seemingly pick up right where its predecessor left off, with Spike (Alfie Williams) being rescued from a group of the infected by Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O'Connell) and his enigmatic cult. Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leave off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leave off
Verb
  • But her six-figure salary didn’t stop her from using the Foundation as her personal piggy bank, records show.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Witkoff, Rubio, and Kushner then streamlined the proposal to a two-phase structure—first, a ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners to stop the fighting; second, a framework for Gaza's future, including disarmament and a technocratic transitional government.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Get skillets, Dutch ovens, cake pans, and more before the sale ends.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • All federal employees who are not paid during the shutdown, whether they were furloughed or remained working, are entitled by law to back pay once the shutdown ends.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, the extended family gatherings ceased altogether.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, though, the wins and losses cease to matter.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Auston Matthews is one of the few with a four-year contract (which expires in 2028).
    Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Trump noncommittal about Obamacare subsidies Trump would not commit on Wednesday to supporting an extension of subsidies in the Affordable Care Act that are set to expire at the end of the year.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The closure has halted routine government operations, shuttered Smithsonian museums and other landmark cultural institutions and left airports scrambling with flight disruptions, all injecting more uncertainty into an already precarious economy.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This condition is primarily caused by genetic defects that severely disrupt or halt the complex process of sperm production, known as spermatogenesis.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its intervention came days before a United Nations commission of inquiry concluded that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Pettit’s latest space mission, a 220-day jaunt, concluded on his 70th birthday on April 20, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and his two crewmates touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Staff at The Free Press are eager to start working with CBS News; reporter Olivia Reingold appeared on CBS News Friday morning to discuss her report that anonymous NYPD officers had been threatening to quit the force if Zohran Mamdani is elected New York City mayor.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Apparently, many workers crash out and quit on the third Wednesday at the job.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reports then indicated that the money was earmarked for receiver Wes Welker, who wound up signing with the Denver Broncos.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The Palisades Fire in early January burned thousands of homes and killed 12 people as flames spread rapidly in heavy winds up to 100 miles per hour.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Leave off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leave%20off. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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