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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Doctors need to sign off on temporary and permanent medical vaccine exemptions for kids to attend school.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
While working from the Gemelli hospital, the pope was able to sign off on a three-year reform project that aims to make the Church a more welcoming place.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
As the senior career civil servant overseeing defense, intelligence, and veterans’ programs at the Office of Management and Budget during the first Trump Administration, I was asked to sign off on a hold on military aid to Ukraine, similar to that recently imposed by Trump.
—Mark Sandy, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Athletic director Beth Goetz decide a change was in order amid declining attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and will sign off on McCaffery’s $4.2 million buyout.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
While working from the Gemelli hospital, the pope was able to sign off on a three-year reform project that aims to make the Church a more welcoming place.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
As the senior career civil servant overseeing defense, intelligence, and veterans’ programs at the Office of Management and Budget during the first Trump Administration, I was asked to sign off on a hold on military aid to Ukraine, similar to that recently imposed by Trump.
—Mark Sandy, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Athletic director Beth Goetz decide a change was in order amid declining attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and will sign off on McCaffery’s $4.2 million buyout.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Sign off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20off. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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