off-site

adjective or adverb

: not located or occurring at the site of a particular activity

Examples of off-site in a Sentence

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What used to be a company off-site outside the office is now the rare act of coming together on-site. Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 High school students were eventually dismissed for the day because of the logistical hurdle of providing lunch for the nearly 1,400 students off-site, and Siergrist students and staff were allowed back into their building after first responders confirmed the building was safe, Hulett said. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025 Councilor John FitzGerald has scheduled an off-site Council hearing at the Hampton Inn and Suites at 811 Massachusetts Ave. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025 Played with shambolic brilliance by Gary Oldman, Lamb oversees a team at Slough House, a shabby off-site dumping ground for disgraced and rejected agents. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-site

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-site was in 1939

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“Off-site.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-site. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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