SLOUGHING (OFF) Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

sloughing (off)

verb

variants also sluffing (off)

present participle of slough (off)

as in casting (off)

to get rid of as useless or unwanted finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

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Aside from briefly losing the seat for one term nearly a decade ago, Valadao has hung onto the seat.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
For this year’s show at Compton Verney, Cadogan has taken inspiration from British people who’ve written to her about losing beloved trees in their own gardens, or public spaces.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of losing

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Alvarez said that rejecting Amendment 2 means rejecting the small farmer who can’t keep cows in the field.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Stewart was an executive producer of his friend Colbert’s show and harshly criticized the cancellation, rejecting Paramount’s financial justification and accusing the company of bending the knee to the president.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of rejecting

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Many butterfly and moth species lay pupae in leaf litter, so throwing away leaves each fall may be getting rid of these beneficial insects, too.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Advertisement For her, the environmental cost of throwing away food matters more than the bag used to save it.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of throwing away

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However, throwing it back over the fence could create another dispute, particularly if doing so amounts to dumping debris on your neighbor’s property.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Analysts are perking up about CoreWeave, even though investors are dumping shares and interest rates are rising in the economy.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of dumping

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Florida’s law banning minors under 14 from getting their own social media accounts is likely constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, throwing out a lower court’s preliminary injunction against the law.

— Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Supermarket owners described throwing out nearly a dumpster’s worth of frozen food.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of throwing out

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The video showed the employee tossing the cash onto the front counter before the suspect grabbed the money and stuffed it into his pocket.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Arrange in a single layer and roast, tossing occasionally, until tender and browned, 15–25 minutes.

— Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tossing

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Some voting laws have changed in Ohio since 2022, including the state eliminating its grace period for receiving mail ballots, a change that forces voters to return those ballots earlier.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Future vehicles will also be able to check their electrical connections during assembly, potentially eliminating a final electrical validation step.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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