be off
Example Sentences
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What’s News will be off for Memorial Day tomorrow.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
“Once a health event happens,” Judge said, “the option may be off the table entirely.”
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Not that extremist positions should be off limits, but they ought to be more rigorously addressed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
If that model is missing something, such as details about dark energy, unknown particles, or changes in gravity, its predictions for today's expansion could be off.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
And when she tried to protest he went on, “We’ll be off your hands soon too, Ron, Hermione, and I. We won’t need to be here much longer.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
