putting off

present participle of put off
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of putting off While automakers are putting off and/or cancelling vehicles that only run on electrons, given high development costs and a weak market, Subaru is confident in the direction it is headed. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 Similarly, white Americans are nearly four times as likely to skip or delay vaccinating their children compared to Asian Americans, with 19 percent and 5 percent, respectively, forgoing or putting off inoculating their kids, according to the poll. Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025 Speedrunners have also found some arcane sequence skips to get around certain bosses or methods for putting off some boss fights until later than the developers intended. ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025 An appeal would freeze the process until the higher court rules, putting off a trial to 2026. John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025 The retailer said homeowners have been focused on smaller, less expensive home repairs while putting off bigger projects because of high interest rates and continuing concerns about inflation. Stan Choe, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for putting off
Verb
  • Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Parton missing a Dollywood event isn't entirely unusual, but postponing by nearly a year what was meant to be her return to Vegas after nearly three decades since her last extended run in the city has raised eyebrows.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This stopper keeps non-sparkling wine fresh for up to 10 days after opening by removing air from the bottle using vacuum-sealer technology.
    L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
  • By removing conservative areas and replacing them with more Democrat-leaning areas.
    Laura Koval, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Host Jimmy Kimmel milked the moment, delaying confirming that their answer was correct for a very tense minute.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Boys may experience greater benefits from delaying their start date compared to girls, said Ioakim Boutakidis, professor of child and adolescent studies at Cal State Fullerton.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • MicroStrategy remains the leader among corporate crypto treasuries, holding over 638,000 bitcoins valued at an astonishing $71 billion.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The market is clearly taking off — and fast.
    Chris Dong, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The winter coming home sad, the summer coming home happy, slamming the door during an argument, taking off my shoes and sitting on the floor tired from something.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman Joelle Baird did not say how a shutdown would impact the park, deferring questions to a National Park Service media line.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The panel chose not to take a vote on whether to recommend the shot for pregnant women, deferring the decision to CDC officials, Retsef Levi, a member of the advisory committee, said during the meeting.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The plant—and particularly the liverwurst product made there—was determined to be the source of a Listeria outbreak that spanned May to September of last year, sickening at least 61 people across 19 states.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But screwworms aren't the only dangerous pathogens sickening Americans this summer.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, GenAI lacks emotional understanding, so advertising content generated by AI tends to feel generic, turning off users.
    Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Kristen Harrison, Richard Cole Eminent Professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, suggested turning off notifications on social media and news apps can help you to set boundaries with the news cycle.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Putting off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putting%20off. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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