off 1 of 3

as in away
from this or that place move off a few yards before I throw the football

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off

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adjective

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as in wrong
falling short of a standard the milk tasted off

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verb

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Recent Examples of off
Adverb
At $565 off, this is an excellent deal on an Editors' Choice award-winning formula that has gotten even better over time. Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 12 June 2025 Already off to a rough start in the young WNBA season, the Dallas Wings are going to be without arguably their best player. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
Adjective
For those who aren’t seeking beach time, the island also was praised for offering historic sites, golf courses and other off-shore activities. Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025 After an off day Thursday, the Arizona Diamondbacks come to GABP for three games. C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Verb
Even if From does somehow bring Jim back from the dead, its willingness to off him in such a grisly and devastating way marks a new boldness from a series that has been consistent in its willingness to make any outcome feel possible. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024 Yes, the schemer conspired with girlfriend Sarah Atwood to have his father offed, but John was also plotting with daughter Beth to have Jamie killed. Charlie Mason, TVLine, 23 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for off
Adverb
  • But those findings apply to small-by-design campuses with healthy enrollments, not schools that have shrunk dramatically as families have moved away.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
  • The bass-drum beat of multiple explosions could be heard as far away as neighboring Jordan.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • And then what happens when taxpayers are given the wrong answer?
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Those looking for salacious and headline-grabbing score-settling, however, have come to entirely the wrong place.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • As a measure of how dormant the rivalry is, the two teams have not faced each other since 2008 — a year before Thomas Muller, who will leave Bayern this summer as their record appearance-maker with 751 (so far), had even made his competitive debut.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 June 2025
  • Before Thursday, the court case had become somewhat dormant since the judge had made initial rulings against Trump’s actions around Harvard student visas.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • But at these later stages, none of the remaining instances were in an erroneous state.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
  • Meta said that its new policies had helped reduce erroneous content removals in the US by half without broadly exposing users to more offensive content than before the changes.
    Paresh Dave, Wired News, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • Yes, Georgia and Paul split this season as the blowback from the trial — and Paul's support of Proposition 38, disastrous for small businesses — imperiled his mayoral career.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
  • Farmers watered their crops less, and saw smaller harvests as a result.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • Both of our children were a week past their due dates...so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn't work - there was only one thing left to do!
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • Some Asian ingredients include spicy xo sauce, Japanese snow crab and A5 Miyazaki Gyu, a top-grade Japanese wagyu beef.
    Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Musk first announced his support for Trump shortly after the then-candidate was nearly assassinated on stage at a Pennsylvania rally last July.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
  • This time, he’s tasked with assassinating a powerful member of a secret society of international crime bosses known as the High Table.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 6 June 2025
Adverb
  • Nevertheless, as the levels go up and down, the idea is allocation of audit personnel to provide that credible threat.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Today, a household with annual income of $50,000 can only afford 8.7% of listings, down from 9.4% a year ago, according to the data.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 9 June 2025

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“Off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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