off-site

adjective or adverb

: not located or occurring at the site of a particular activity

Examples of off-site in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Think everything from daily housekeeping to private chefs, childcare, a fleet of luxury vehicles, and off-site excursions. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 May 2024 Specific off-site improvements include a new traffic signal, landscaped medians, a buffered bike lane and a two-way cycle track on the south side of Friars Road. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024 Stephanie Llanes, who was a teen-age reggaetón performer in Puerto Rico before going to law school, recalled her first P.D. off-site meeting. Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024 Paper ballots from vote centers countywide were mixed up and stored off-site, unsorted, in thousands of boxes, while recounting scans of ballots required monitors and tech workers. The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 1 May 2024 Parking spaces were also scarce, prompting some patients to park off-site and walk to the clinic. Marissa Parra, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024 That off-site preparation, Ells told me, provides at least 80 percent of the menu’s quality. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024 His portfolio includes the Dolphin Mall, which opened in 2001 and required a complex series of off-site transportation improvements and taxing districts to fund improvements. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024 While most of the roughly 2,700 sailors went home after their shifts, hundreds who lived out of state or didn’t have off-site housing stayed on the vessel, where several sailors said there was constant construction noise and a lack of hot water and electricity. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-site was in 1939

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“Off-site.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-site. Accessed 17 May. 2024.

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