1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill
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2
as in to separate
to set or keep apart from others
the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared
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as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt
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Recent Examples of cut off
Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, Rep. Andy Harris, said federal funding should be cut off from local jurisdictions if leaders don’t cooperate with federal orders, and leaders who stand in the way should be prosecuted.
—Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2025
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
The Franklin Fire continues to rage across Malibu, burning more than 2,600 acres and causing widespread evacuations and power cutoffs.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
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This divide affects foreigners and Egyptians alike, the latter historically cut off from their heritage, either removed abroad or viewed through an exoticized lens.
—Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, Rep. Andy Harris, said federal funding should be cut off from local jurisdictions if leaders don’t cooperate with federal orders, and leaders who stand in the way should be prosecuted.
—Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
Her look—a high-neck off-white lace top and denim cutoff shorts—more resembled the last iteration of boho.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
The Franklin Fire continues to rage across Malibu, burning more than 2,600 acres and causing widespread evacuations and power cutoffs.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
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The tentative nature of the detection didn’t stop Liang Fu of MIT and Constantin Schrade of Louisiana State University from trying to explain it.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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Then, the winning-ugly model stopped winning and the losses were ugly.Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 12 Jan. 2025
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While the pair will be bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, they will be too widely separated to fit within the field of view of a telescope or pair of binoculars.Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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But what does separate him from those in Blaugrana however, is his willingness to defend.Adam Digby, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Before raising premiums for tobacco use, employers must offer people an opportunity to quit smoking through counseling, nicotine-replacement gum or patch or other smoking cessation treatments.Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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Some of these effects are reversed by smoking cessation.Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Much to the lament of American enthusiasts, Mercedes ceased production of the E 63 S wagon last year, which has helped to keep values high.Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
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Defibrillators can work when the heart’s rhythm is haywire, but not when the heart has ceased operations.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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His statements — including Holocaust denial, racist denunciations of Muslims and immigrants, and his 1987 proposal to forcibly isolate people with AIDS in special facilities — shocked his critics and strained his political alliances.Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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This was meant to isolate the effect of processing.Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Well, at least one part of this story has a happy ending.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Now, months later, Solo is getting his happy ending with a familiar family.TJ Macias, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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However, in a report ending November 29 of last year, which was only recently published, Fidelity's valuation of Relativity plummeted.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
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Senior guard/forward Lebron Hill records 20 points and nine rebounds as Morton defeats Lake Central 63-43 on Tuesday to end a 10-game losing streak in the series dating to the 2016-17 season.Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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In both games, the Rockets defended well, but in both contests, their offense came to a screeching halt.Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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In the political arena, the juggernaut of old-age policy came to a halt, and there has been no major expansion since the Nixon Administration, and no major reform of any sort since Reagan.James Chappel / Made by History, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Cut off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20off. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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