pushed off

past tense of push off

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pushed off Waiters circulated with trays of fig-leaf fizzes as the boat pushed off. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 In April, Williams hammered out a two-year extension that pushed off retirement talk and let the 49ers focus elsewhere in the draft instead of splurging on a replacement. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 When rates increase or stay elevated, life events, like home purchases or renovations, that drive the bulk of Home Depot's business get pushed off, if not canceled altogether. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 July 2026 Investigators say Collins and Tocci had been drinking with a group of friends before the two climbed into a canoe and pushed off onto Lake Hayward in East Haddam the night of March 21. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 Unsurprisingly, stagnation in the market has pushed off those plans for the moment. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 15 July 2026 And now, after Baldwin’s ascendence drove the team to cut ties with a long-time veteran, the team has gotten an update on the former player after he was pushed off of his newest roster as well. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Talks on Iran’s nuclear ambitions would be pushed off into the future. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 12 June 2026 Delegates pushed off a final say on a policy that would ban enforcement activity on county property and the sharing of personal information, while establishing a basis on how county employees cooperate with authorities. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed off
Verb
  • Since then Parker has departed slightly from her original squiggle-core ceramics to design a jewelry collection, a rug collection, a Lulu and Georgia furniture collection, and—as of today—a 12-piece lighting collection with the same retailer.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Flight turns dangerous FZ1073 departed Dubai International Airport bound for Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Cindy Holland, who led Paramount’s streaming division, exited yesterday, paving the way for HBO chief Casey Bloys to take the reins.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Grande also withdrew from the upcoming London West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George, which was scrapped after Jonathan Bailey also exited the production.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And in the subadult part of the bracket, Bear #89 (Backpack) and Brady Bunch member 620 each moved onto the next round.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But Booker, according to Mills, brought Blumenthal—Connecticut’s other senator—into the effort and ultimately moved forward with a bill, against Murphy’s wishes.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Considering the company’s offensive, race-swapping AI ads are being pushed on unsuspecting users on social media, that promise feels mightily disingenuous.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
  • After the Brighton game, Alonso was pushed on the low possession number.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The movie was met with multiple mid-screening applauses as the crowd went wild for all the kaiju mayhem on screen.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The Tigers went 99 yards in 12 plays and got a 10-yard touchdown run from Nichols.
    — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In recent decades, the yardstick got a boost via exceptionally low real rates.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Joe and Nathan’s doomed bromance started off tense, got better over time, and worsened again once Joe found another bro to romance with.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The 37-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, later pulled over on the side of the interstate, got out of his car and pulled out a gun, police said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • One advantage of using orbital data instead of moon rocks is that the samples were pulled out of their geological context more than 50 years ago, according to Mittelholz.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • His season got off to a rough start, with the QB entering the NFL’s concussion protocol following a hit during Minnesota’s opening game against the Packers.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • There will be early disappointments, like the rough start the Dolphins (0-2) got off to in road losses to the Las Vegas Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Pushed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20off. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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