SIGN OFF (ON) Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

sign off (on)

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Definition of sign off (on)

as in to initial

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Before the contracts reach Noem, they must be approved by a series of political appointees, who each sign or initial a checklist sometimes referred to internally as a routing sheet.

— Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
While Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed agreements affirming their commitment to sign a peace treaty, only their foreign ministers have initialed the text of the treaty.

— Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Feb. 2026

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The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on June 14 to halt hostilities, prompting gas to fall back below $4 a few days later.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Piece by piece, his group traded for Anthony Rizzo, Jake Arrieta and Kyle Hendricks; drafted Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber; signed free agents Jon Lester, Ben Zobrist and Dexter Fowler; and hired Joe Maddon, the perfect manager for that moment.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 July 2026

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Circe, who is blessed with some powers of insight, turns out to be right.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
Even just one win in international football is superb, but the point about Deschamps is that he has been blessed with one of the most astonishing generations of talent the game has ever seen.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 July 2026

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Researchers also aim to integrate the sensing-actuation loop directly into soft robots, enabling instinctive responses, while using its rich force signals to improve perception and interaction in complex environments.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
At a recent meeting, the district’s school board approved a contract with EverDriven, which provides private transportation services for other Illinois school districts, that will enable the district to try out working with the company.

— Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Definition of enable

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Basabe seemed unaware of the man’s presence in the courthouse, after Marsh had ruled before trial that the man would not be permitted as a witness.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 act permitted moving clocks forward one hour in March, and back one hour in November.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

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To say that the Union was sacred and the touchstone of democracy was to strengthen slavery by sanctifying the state that protected it.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
The cruelest dimension of this is that a Christianity hijacked by the evangelical right now seeks to sanctify that mythology in the name of God.

— Otis Moss III, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

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