left off

past tense of leave off
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Recent Examples of left off And by the looks of the first photos (below), Emily seems to be jetting off to meet her on-again, off-again chef boyfriend Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), picking up where season five left off. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Now, the bill can move forward where the previous version left off. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Ozlo Sleepbuds picked up where Bose left off The first Ozlo Sleepbuds retained the tiny, sleep-specific form factor and noise-masking approach associated with Bose but expanded what the earbuds could do. Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026 Summary Georgia was absent from the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, marking the second consecutive year the country was left off NATO's summit agenda and the declaration text. Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The Incredibles 3 takes place just where the last one left off—well, a few weeks later—with Violet and Dash seeking independence from their parents. Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 17 Aug. 2026 However, on Saturday, Sanders was stunningly left off the first-team defense and didn’t play a single defensive snap in the first half. Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 So Schleien turned to standup comedy and to posting videos on YouTube that continued where his programs had left off. Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026 Make sure to ask for appetizers, be left off, as neither the crab rangoon or rolls are gluten-free. Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for left off
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  • Group argued construction could be irreversible The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which is challenging the ballroom, had told the justices that the project would likely become irreversible unless it is stopped now.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Bilt, for its part, said the issue had to do with an earlier iteration of its credit cards that had stopped accepting customers.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • The city experienced a recent peak of 719 homicides in 2022, a year before Johnson took office, and ended last year with 416, according to Chicago police statistics.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This is one family’s experience of their last year in Connecticut after major hospitals abruptly ended gender-affirming medical care for trans youth.
    Dr. SJ Job, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • According to Reuters, Qalibaf, the Iranian parliament speaker, said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until military threats ceased and sanctions on Iran were lifted.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • History repeats itself Following the decline of prisoner importation in the early 20th century, West Virginia ceased to receive direct federal payments for housing prisoners.
    Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • Well, yeah, those ACA enhancements that were originated during the pandemic, those actually expired at the end of this past year.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • And Turkey's 25-year gas import contract with Iran expired at the end of July, with no successor long-term deal announced.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Today, a federal court halted it before this administration could wreak havoc on our elections.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The near miss raised questions about why the commercial flight was cleared for takeoff while Marine One was preparing to depart, a period when airline traffic is typically halted around presidential helicopter operations.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • At least 15 babies and children from the faith-healing sect died between 2015 and 2025 from illnesses that doctors could have successfully treated, the experts concluded.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Kirk Heilbrun, a forensic psychologist who evaluated Clancy in April, concluded his testimony Tuesday, testifying that Clancy was suffering from a form of bipolar disorder, but could still appreciate that killing her children was wrong.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Craig, now a devoted granddad with a dry sense of humor, began working alongside his father at thirteen, quitting school even though teachers warned him that house moving was a dying trade.
    Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Hep Spyder blamed Dwight for Buffo Carducci’s quitting on him back when Dwight was Hep’s tent boss.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • This is the moment a piece of a glacier broke off on the Chinese side of the border.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The disaster began Wednesday when a massive chunk of ice and rock dozens of times larger than the Empire State Building broke off a mountaintop and triggered the catastrophic flooding, geologists said.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

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“Left off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left%20off. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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