pass off
Example Sentences
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So the test of this state visit will not be how well the ceremonies, speeches and walk-abouts pass off.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Lehkonen collected the loose puck and took it the length of the ice before deflecting a centering pass off Kempe’s skate and by Forsberg for a short-handed goal, his second score of the series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Just down the street from the shipyard, Groton resident Autumn Gardiner rents an apartment that she’d love to pass off to a new Electric Boat employee after she buys a home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
“But, especially in places like math and coding, you can pass off the output of LLMs to, or direct the LLMs with, other technologies that had lost favor but actually are very useful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
I headed for the cupboard and grabbed a bag of mini rice cakes, an inspired-by-sawdust snack food that my mom tries to pass off as a worthy substitute for chips.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
