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Recent Examples of off-color An ode to Arnold Palmer The rally, at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, named for the late champion pro golfer, was a macho and, at times, off-color affair. Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024 Disappointing surprise that instead of cutting to the traditional camera after In Memoriam, the Emmys brought out Jimmy Kimmel who made an off-color joke about dead people winning something before sharing a few more factoids about the late Bob Newhart. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024 Her sensibility is grounded in sincerity but relies on bawdy, off-color jokes to deflect from empowerment messaging that might otherwise seem square. Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024 Marvel dropped a full trailer in April that was chock-full of off-color witticisms, meta-references, slo-mo action, and a generous sprinkling of F-bombs. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for off-color 

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“Off-color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-color. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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