Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taking off (on)
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Ozempic works by mimicking a hormone your gut already makes.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026 -
Since 2024, however, a new cohort of bitcoin treasury companies has emerged, with dozens of firms mimicking Strategy’s model.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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Taylor, a fluid 6-foot-5, is already the Jets’ second-best receiver and plays with a quarterback, Justin Fields, who is prone to targeting tight ends — fifth-highest tight end target rate since 2021, and Cole Kmet had a career-high 719 yards with Fields as his quarterback in 2023.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Regardless, everyone approves of Kiana, with Zack good-naturedly parodying her sunglasses and the girls encouraging him to lock it down despite the tumultuous relationships their friend group seems to attract.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Influencer comedians like Madison Humphrey and Mitsy Sanderson have built large platforms parodying awkward moments.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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For Shorts, the label will appear as a small overlay at the bottom of the video itself, although that will add to the already cluttered look of the TikTok-aping Shorts.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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There’s a word for this type of storytelling, and Taccone deserves credit for delivering a superior version of this without outright aping its most famous practitioner.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Police accused Andrea Bucci of harassing a 16-year-old youth ice hockey referee over a call during a game in July 2025.—
Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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In a press release last September, the DOJ announced that a 68-year-old Santa Monica man, Gregory John Curcio, was charged with doxing and harassing an ICE lawyer.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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Fans, some of them little kids parroting what their parents were saying, called him vile names.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Students’ greatest skills are now parroting pre-formulated slogans and protesting on immigration enforcement, gender ideology, race, foreign policy, or the Supreme Court long before they have been taught the intellectual discipline necessary to evaluate any of those issues seriously.—
Courtney Corbello,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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Now, in a case of life imitating art, Cameron himself is being accused of corporate extraction by an Indigenous woman.—
Petala Ironcloud,
Air Mail,
6 June 2026
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In a case of life imitating art, this whodunnit explores the investigation behind her disappearance, strangely resembling one of Christie’s own novels, where everyone in her life becomes a suspect, including her brother, Monty (Trevena).—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Taking off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taking%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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