sign off
verb
signed off; signing off; signs off
1
: to announce the end of something (such as a message or broadcast)
2
: to approve or acknowledge something by or as if by a signature
sign off on a memo
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Huber Otoniel Argueta-Perez, a 35-year-old father whose wife and two young daughters are U.S. citizens, claims in a federal complaint filed Wednesday that ICE recently sent him to Guatemala even though a judge had not signed off on a deportation order or a voluntary departure.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
If voters sign off on the charter process, the second vote in November won’t incur additional costs for the county because a coordinated election is already scheduled then.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
Smith was signed off the Packers’ practice squad in September.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Trump signs off on plan to eliminate Education Department
Trump delivered on a campaign promise Thursday by signing an executive order to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, a move that had been in the works for weeks.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
If voters sign off on the charter process, the second vote in November won’t incur additional costs for the county because a coordinated election is already scheduled then.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
Smith was signed off the Packers’ practice squad in September.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Trump signs off on plan to eliminate Education Department
Trump delivered on a campaign promise Thursday by signing an executive order to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, a move that had been in the works for weeks.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Sign off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20off. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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