work off
Example Sentences
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He thinks this is partly because AI took so much scut work off people’s plates that their days became consumed by high-level thinking—and they were burning out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
King's pioneering work off the court paid off: women now receive equal prize money to the men at each of the four majors.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
Before the vote, one source told me about the concept of a good defeat - something the party could work off.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
New Mexico became the first state to ban lunch shaming in 2017, and others followed with laws against tactics like throwing away food, stamping students’ hands or making them work off debt with “chores.”
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025
She was moving all over the house, opening and shutting doors, even moving furniture around to work off anger.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
