How to Use cutoff in a Sentence

cutoff

1 of 2 noun
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  • The cutoff for new applications is next Wednesday.
  • At the time, this cutoff was somewhere in the UV end of the spectrum.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
  • With the cutoff now just over $1 billion, five dropped off this year.
    — Jane Ho, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The cutoff date for the survey was March 20, about 10 days after the bank failures.
    — Matt Grossman, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Even with that cutoff, there were still a wide range of options.
    — Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Martinez raced to a two-out double on a ball cutoff in the gap in the ninth.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The start of the regular season may not be the cutoff in this scenario.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Before that, the state had a two-year cutoff for adults to bring forth their cases in court.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 June 2023
  • The mom of two styled it with a white tank top, black cutoff shorts, and high-top Converse sneakers.
    — Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The lab explanation did note that the IOM's cutoff was 20.
    — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The Suns were making a push, and a loss would have left the Lakers on the wrong side of the cutoff for making the play-in tournament.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But any such cutoff would also hurt the Kremlin’s revenue to fund the war.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Still, the cutoff underscored the broader risk to gas supplies from the war.
    — Elena Becatoros and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2022
  • Many houses have a water cutoff on the outside of their homes.
    — Heloise, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Some urged the world to end or find ways around the financial cutoff that has wrecked the economy.
    — Ebrahim Noroozi, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
  • The quarterback with the black cutoff T-shirt and bleach-blond hair is leading a huddle.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Oregon is 12 strokes back of leader Georgia Tech and three back of 15th place, the cutoff line after the first three rounds.
    — oregonlive, 27 May 2023
  • The House also wants to raise the threshold to $2 million, but the tax would apply only above that cutoff.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • That left him $300 million shy of the Forbes cutoff when the magazine unveiled the list Tuesday.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The rest of the year, from the second Sunday in March through the first Saturday in November, the cutoff time goes back an hour to 6:59 p.m.
    — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 18 May 2024
  • The rest of the year, from the second Sunday in March through the first Saturday in November, the cutoff time goes back an hour to 6:59 p.m.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Three seasons, or sooner, tends to be the cutoff point now, more often than not.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 26 July 2022
  • Wear it with white linen pants or denim cutoffs — the basic top can be styled in endless ways.
    — Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
  • While on the go, she was also seen wearing a purple fur coat, with an Alaïa suit, cutoff leather gloves, and a plaid beret.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Even before the six-week ban, when the cutoff for the procedure was at 15, Jasper had little time to decide what to do.
    — Shefali Luthra, TIME, 15 May 2024
  • Shearling is chic and will go great well into the seasonal shift to cutoff shorts.
    — Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a young Kevin Bacon wearing a ringer tee and short denim cutoffs.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
  • That would also mean areas further west wouldn't see much snow at all due to a sharp cutoff.
    — Rebecca Loroff, Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Even if the 9-GeV/c2 cutoff holds, here’s still plenty of room for detectors to explore, the team emphasized.
    — Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
  • According to the Arizona Lottery's website, the cutoff time for purchasing Powerball tickets is 6:59 p.m.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
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cut off

2 of 2 verb
  • Stodel countered that Stan Lee had cut off his daughter’s credit card because her spending was out of control.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Authorities say that at some point Lewis’ GPS monitor was cut off.
    — Bry'onna Mention, Essence, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Ticket sales are usually cut off between one and two hours before the drawing, Powerball officials said.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Unfortunately for Randall, he’s cut off from the others and tries to escape, when the locusts descend upon him.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • In some places, the storm washed away entire communities, and has cut off cellphone services and electricity for millions of residents.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Consumers are urged to immediately cut off the headrest and remove the body-support insert before continuing to use the swing.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
  • One particularly effective device is Jardin’s habit of cutting off scenes in the middle of lines of dialogue.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Now, an Ohio teen has admitted to cutting off a tanker semi-truck in central Illinois that overturned and killed five people from a chemical spill caused by the crash.
    — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2024
  • After the community was identified in this negative way, they got cut off from resources and isolated nationally.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2022
  • When Cung Biak Hum, a 31-year-old pastor, rushed to try to extinguish the fires, junta soldiers gunned him down and then cut off his ring finger.
    — Time, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Use a knife to cut off the green crown and stem end of the pineapple.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
  • Pull weeds out by the roots or cut off the top growth with a hoe.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Trim the leaves and cut off the stem of the cauliflower, but leave the head whole.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Greenlaw cut off the route and Prescott rushed a throw to Michael Gallup near the sideline.
    — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The forecast cuts off as the storm is expected to make that turn.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • One boy, a sophomore, even tries to cut off his feet with a hacksaw.
    — Charles McGrath, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • As the guest of honor, I was instructed to cut off the cheeks and pass them to the other guests.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
  • When the pot is moved the following spring, the bottom may fall off as if it had been cut off.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Parrish slid her feet to cut off the Maryland guard as the clock neared the 6-minute mark of the second quarter.
    — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Israel cut off food, fuel and medicine to Gaza early in the war.
    — James Doubek, NPR, 28 Apr. 2024
  • One was turned away from the crime scene while the other had been cut off completely.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • Here’s the second play of the game: Watch how Allen and Mobley can just move to cut off the threat of Markkanen cutting to the paint.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The video then cuts off as Everson appears to fall over.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • And while the rocket launch was smooth sailing at first, the live feed of Bradley, Cory and Paul cut off as the episode concluded.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Noriko gets cut off from the rest of the cast, and any potential insight into her son along with her.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 July 2024
  • Use a sharp knife, and cut off the new clump that’s forming, along with some of its creeping rhizomes.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 17 Aug. 2023
  • They've been cut off from the world, and the rescue workers and aid are having trouble getting to them.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Transfer the cream to a piping bag (or zipper bag with a corner cut off), and place eight dollops on the pie.
    — Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Chief among them being: the weight cut off to be eligible is a flat 154 pounds.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Gibala, ever the showman, raffled off chances to cut off parts of the Mayfield fathead but left the head for Swan.
    — The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022

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