left off

Example Sentences

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Raising questions about who should have been included, the coach said, necessarily leads to questions about who should have been left off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Midfielders Tanner Tessmann and Diego Luna are left off the roster, while Gio Reyna, Chris Richards and Alejandro Zendejas make the cut.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

The 22-year-old continued from where he left off against Allen on Saturday evening, with breaks of 51 and 61 helping him establish a healthy early advantage.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

In recent weeks, other Wall Street analysts have picked up where Jonas left off, with some telling investors they see some logic to a merger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Indeed, his own music, to some extent, takes over from where Wagner’s Parsifal left off - although, like Liszt, Mahler had a thoroughly cosmopolitan, non-nationalistic outlook and career.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall