off-limits

Example Sentences

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“When money feels like an off-limits topic to kids, they might fill in the gaps themselves, and not always accurately.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

The topic of “taking work away from lawyers” was off-limits for a recent project promoting an e-legal review product, he said, so he focused on how it augmented employees’ work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

They are rapidly transforming the betting landscape in the US, where sports betting was largely illegal until 2018 and gambling on elections had been off-limits for years until 2024.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

They would also check and update the “no-strike list,” which names civilian targets such as schools and hospitals that are strictly off-limits.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

“Because the books in the Lemoncello Library are currently off-limits to everyone except you thirty-two Olympians.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein