work off

Example Sentences

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Sanchez added in Cyprus that "we don't work on the basis of emails, we work off official documents and the position that the United States government has set out in this case".

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

But changes to home and auto insurance policies can take months to be approved, and regulators typically work off historic data, so profits can take a long time to filter through to prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

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

Besides, it was my debt to work off.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool