How to Use off-ramp in a Sentence

off-ramp

noun
  • The on- and off-ramps for the eastbound lanes will be closed at the same times as the right lane restrictions, ADOT said.
    — Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2023
  • State police said the Exit 92 off-ramp was closed for some time because of the crash.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The Supreme Court has a possible off-ramp to defuse Tuesday’s case.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The pirates of the eighteenth century lacked such easy off-ramps.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Motorists will be detoured around the work at the Tavern Road off-ramp and then sent back to the freeway via the Tavern on-ramp.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But the fact that there’s an agreement of this scale after just a weekend of face-to-face talks shows that both sides want an off-ramp.
    — Shuli Ren, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
  • The new frontage road will replace the Allen Boulevard southbound on-ramp and the Denney Road southbound off-ramp.
    — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Plan for other overnight on- and off-ramp closures along southbound Loop 101.
    — The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Biden’s inner circle has shown no public signs of urging him to find an off-ramp.
    — Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • Local on- and off-ramps near the fire scene, at Southwest Salmon and Southwest Taylor streets, remain closed.
    — oregonlive, 16 May 2023
  • Some Chinese opinion leaders appeared to suggest off-ramps in the trade war.
    — Beijing and Washington Bureaus, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The premise of wealth providing an off-ramp to media decline appears to be falling apart.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The Volunteers had an off-ramp from disaster in the Vandy loss, but Chaz Lanier missed a game-tying free throw try with 2.8 seconds left.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Bonnet then allegedly fled on foot from the crash, running north up the southbound highway off-ramp.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2025
  • This hangout, wedged in by a public school, a Greyhound bus stop, and a Manhattan Bridge off-ramp, spilled onto the street and became a scene.
    — The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
  • This time, Biden should offer himself up not as a bridge to the next generation but as an off-ramp, finally, for the boomers.
    — Matt Bai, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • Latin American states should provide an off-ramp to the Venezuelan crisis.
    — Michael Lind, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Overnight on May 22, the Centennial Way westbound off-ramp at Exit 27 will close.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2025
  • The car landed upside down in the grassy median between on- and off-ramps and there were marks on a tree from the collision, according to News12.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The Phase One deal gave both countries an off-ramp from tariff escalation.
    — Brendan Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In 2017, with support from the city of Nampa, ITD removed the single-direction westbound off-ramp.
    — Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Separately, the eastbound I-10 off-ramp at Baseline Road and the westbound on-ramp also will be closed.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2024
  • The current configuration of the northbound off-ramp at the boulevard will remain in place.
    — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The two far right lanes and the Imperial Avenue off-ramp remained closed for another hour.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Toyota drove through the gore area, struck the Exit 2 off-ramp sign support and the impact attenuator, state police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
  • In many states, including Ohio, some on-ramps and off-ramps are located next to each other or very close to one another, Farmer said.
    — Max Filby, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The friend was near a highway off-ramp when a driver exiting the highway barreled into Dusina's friend, killing him.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Officers responded to a call about an accident on the I-30 westbound off-ramp near Baird Farm Road.
    — Jaida Joyner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024
  • The Marina Vista Avenue on- and off-ramps to and from Interstate 680 were closed in both directions, but the freeway remained open.
    — Jose Carlos Fajardo, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Building diplomatic off-ramps for Vladimir Putin didn’t dissuade him from launching the first major land war in Europe since 1945.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Sep. 2024

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