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Recent Examples of off-limits
Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American YouTuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian ocean and left a Diet Coke can and a coconut in an attempt to make contact with an isolated tribe known for attacking intruders.
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Rajesh Roy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Designating the formal rooms as off-limits is much like storing the fine china out of sight and out of use.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
Consider the rush during COVID-19 to label certain ideas as off-limits—including the possibility that COVID-19 emanated from a lab in China, a view now deemed by both the FBI and CIA as the most likely possibility.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
The latter is apparently off-limits.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
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Rajesh Roy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Designating the formal rooms as off-limits is much like storing the fine china out of sight and out of use.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
Consider the rush during COVID-19 to label certain ideas as off-limits—including the possibility that COVID-19 emanated from a lab in China, a view now deemed by both the FBI and CIA as the most likely possibility.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
The latter is apparently off-limits.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-limits
Adjective
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In 2022, a consortium of private retirement-plan providers announced a collaboration to boost the portability of small retirement accounts.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The firm’s team includes analysts from leading tech private equity firms, engineers, operating partners – former technology CEOs and COOs.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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Global activity remained light heading into Monday as a good portion of markets around the world – including Europe along with Hong Kong and Australia – remain closed for Easter Monday.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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The bronze door of St. Peter’s is half closed, and the bells are rung with a hammer.—
Paolo Armelli,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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As things stand, that is certainly up in the air, especially with him set to he a restricted free agent after the season.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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If the recipient isn’t a Gmail user, however, they are presented with an invite to view the email within a restricted version of Gmail, using a Google Workspace guest account.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The doughnut chain has announced a new Craving Cheesecake Collection of doughnuts, sold individually and by the dozen, available for a limited time starting April 22.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Fewer Chinese young people will likely be studying in the West, and the already small number of Westerners who do so in China will remain limited.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Combs, a Met Gala mainstay, regularly attended the exclusive annual gala, benefitting the museum's Costume Institute.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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In fact, the company is in early talks with Penske Group to become the exclusive distributor.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Off-limits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-limits. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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