How to Use cutoff in a Sentence

cutoff

1 of 2 noun

• The cutoff for new applications is next Wednesday.
• There is no overall cutoff for ideal heart rate during exercise.
  — Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 22 July 2024
• There was no time cutoff for symptoms and a positive Covid test was not required for diagnosis.
  — Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
• Russia made up some 45 percent of Poland’s overall gas usage until the cutoff.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2022
• New Hampshire used the same cutoff in reporting its newborn screening data.
  — jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
• Both Poland and Bulgaria said the Russian cutoff would have little impact.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• The country has not been prepared for possibility of Russian gas cutoff.
  — Baker Institute, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• If and how the cutoff will affect gas moving through Poland and Bulgaria to other E.U. countries was not clear.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• Analysts at Moody's said in a recent study that a total energy cutoff — gas and oil — would throw Europe into a recession.
  — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2022
• Even some versions of the somewhat aged S20 are being updated, albeit that gets to the cutoff point between those devices on a monthly schedule and those that are not.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• Yet the cutoff and the Kremlin warning that other countries could be next sent shivers of worry through the 27-nation European Union.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2022
• The rest of the year, from the second Sunday in March through the first Saturday in November, the cutoff time goes back an hour to 6:59 p.m.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2024
• At the time, this cutoff was somewhere in the UV end of the spectrum.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
• With the cutoff now just over $1 billion, five dropped off this year.
  — Jane Ho, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• The cutoff date for the survey was March 20, about 10 days after the bank failures.
  — Matt Grossman, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
• Even with that cutoff, there were still a wide range of options.
  — Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, Martinez raced to a two-out double on a ball cutoff in the gap in the ninth.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The start of the regular season may not be the cutoff in this scenario.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• Before that, the state had a two-year cutoff for adults to bring forth their cases in court.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 June 2023
• The mom of two styled it with a white tank top, black cutoff shorts, and high-top Converse sneakers.
  — Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• The lab explanation did note that the IOM's cutoff was 20.
  — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• The Suns were making a push, and a loss would have left the Lakers on the wrong side of the cutoff for making the play-in tournament.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• But any such cutoff would also hurt the Kremlin’s revenue to fund the war.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• Still, the cutoff underscored the broader risk to gas supplies from the war.
  — Elena Becatoros and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2022
• Many houses have a water cutoff on the outside of their homes.
  — Heloise, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2022
• Some urged the world to end or find ways around the financial cutoff that has wrecked the economy.
  — Ebrahim Noroozi, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
• The quarterback with the black cutoff T-shirt and bleach-blond hair is leading a huddle.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
• Oregon is 12 strokes back of leader Georgia Tech and three back of 15th place, the cutoff line after the first three rounds.
  — oregonlive, 27 May 2023
• The House also wants to raise the threshold to $2 million, but the tax would apply only above that cutoff.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
• That left him $300 million shy of the Forbes cutoff when the magazine unveiled the list Tuesday.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023

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cut off

2 of 2 verb

• Trim the leaves and cut off the stem of the cauliflower, but leave the head whole.
  — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
• When the pot is moved the following spring, the bottom may fall off as if it had been cut off.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• If the blood and oxygen supply is cut off, muscle cells of the heart begin to suffer damage and start to die.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
• People have been grieving and cut off from the social connections that nourish them.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
• In that scenario, the city would have no choice but to cut off water to prevent pipes from freezing and rupturing.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
• Embiid busted up Trae Young's lob pass in the paint to cut off a potential go-ahead score.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 29 Nov. 2022
• Gibala, ever the showman, raffled off chances to cut off parts of the Mayfield fathead but left the head for Swan.
  — The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
• If Musk’s company loses access to that, it will be cut off from more than 1.5 billion devices around the world.
  — Time, 29 Nov. 2022
• The fact that your friend immediately cut off the people who have been honest with her reads as insecurity in this relationship on her part.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• The connectivity comes as many communities remain cut off from phone and internet systems.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
• Negotiating can buy you time, reduce your financial burden, and prevent essential services from being cut off.
  — True Tamplin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• Didi, as the plaintiff is known, sued her estranged wife for custody of their two children in 2020, after her wife cut off contact and took the toddlers to live with her in Beijing.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2024
• Like most Hollywood films, overseas box office has been limited because they’ve been cut off from playing in China or Russia, two major markets.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
• Use a knife to cut off the green crown and stem end of the pineapple.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
• Pull weeds out by the roots or cut off the top growth with a hoe.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
• Greenlaw cut off the route and Prescott rushed a throw to Michael Gallup near the sideline.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
• The forecast cuts off as the storm is expected to make that turn.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
• One boy, a sophomore, even tries to cut off his feet with a hacksaw.
  — Charles McGrath, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• As the guest of honor, I was instructed to cut off the cheeks and pass them to the other guests.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
• Parrish slid her feet to cut off the Maryland guard as the clock neared the 6-minute mark of the second quarter.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2023
• Israel cut off food, fuel and medicine to Gaza early in the war.
  — James Doubek, NPR, 28 Apr. 2024
• One was turned away from the crime scene while the other had been cut off completely.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• Here’s the second play of the game: Watch how Allen and Mobley can just move to cut off the threat of Markkanen cutting to the paint.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
• The video then cuts off as Everson appears to fall over.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• And while the rocket launch was smooth sailing at first, the live feed of Bradley, Cory and Paul cut off as the episode concluded.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• Noriko gets cut off from the rest of the cast, and any potential insight into her son along with her.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 July 2024
• Use a sharp knife, and cut off the new clump that’s forming, along with some of its creeping rhizomes.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 17 Aug. 2023
• They've been cut off from the world, and the rescue workers and aid are having trouble getting to them.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• Transfer the cream to a piping bag (or zipper bag with a corner cut off), and place eight dollops on the pie.
  — Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
• The stalemate is proving costly for both sides: Boeing cut off striking workers from their company insurance plans this week; and until Boeing can get them back on the factory floor, the company should expect to burn about $50 million a day in cash.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024