How to Use lie off in a Sentence

lie off

verb

• Yet one of the first things Iger did was lay off 7,000 workers.
  — Vulture, 12 July 2023
• The ships are now lying off Agnadores awaiting to shoot over the hills into the city.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
• The trade deadline is past, but the sprint to the finish still lies off on the horizon of September.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Maybe investors will be content with 5% yields this time around and lay off the stock market for a while.
  — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
• Then Raso drilled home a second in the 70th after Emily van Egmond’s lay off in the box.
  — James Robson, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• According to the job description, the offshore platform will lie off the coast of Brownsville, Texas.
  — Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2020
• Many are believed to lie off San Diego and will be the focus of searches in upcoming years.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
• The tough-love bandmate who tells her to stop chewing out her fellow musicians and lay off the booze.
  — Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• But things remained dicey; LaFleur had to close every store and showroom and lay off all store workers.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
• In many ways, this sums up the magic of the island of Tasmania, which lies off Australia’s southern coast.
  — Everett Potter, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Spieth and Thomas were 2 down with 2 to go, their backs against the wall and the situation was made worse by an amazingly bad lie off the 17th green.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2021
• These conditions forced the company to cut back on spending and lay off about 20 percent of its staff.
  — Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
• That could mean continuing to raise prices, cut staff hours, or lay off employees.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 May 2024
• Acemoglu: Firms often lay off less-skilled workers and try to increase the employment of skilled workers.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
• Seeing Trout lay off, Ohtani opted for his fastball to work into a more favorable count.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• Fairfax plans to close the school in January and lay off staff, according to a company statement.
  — Mike Reicher, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2023
• Then mortgage demand dropped off faster than lenders could cut costs and lay off staff, leading to losses across the industry, according to MBA.
  — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 10 Apr. 2023
• As a cost-cutting move, some streaming services also lay off the writing staff once filming begins.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2023
• Many of these organizations and agencies now expect to have to close locations, lay off staff and cut back on services.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
• Related Stories Peltz dropped that first run at Disney after Iger pledged to slash costs and lay off thousands of employees.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2024
• Oshima lies off the western coast of the northernmost main island of Hokkaido.
  — Kim Tong-Hyung, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• The union said earlier this month it was angered by a company proposal that would close breweries and lay off workers.
  — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
• Many business owners began this year bracing for the worst — expecting to slash budgets and lay off employees.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• That’s because in most downturns, as Americans start to pull back on spending, restaurants, hotels and retailers lay off waves of workers.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2023
• That’s because in most downturns, as Americans start to pull back on spending, restaurants, hotels, and retailers lay off waves of workers.
  — Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2023
• Demand waned last year as consumers pulled back on spending and several freight brokers have been forced to also reduce spending and lay off workers.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
• Enrollment dropped because of long lockdowns, and child care centers were forced to slash expenses and furlough or lay off employees.
  — Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
• Businesses would cut back on investment and lay off workers, Strain predicted, and consumers would pull back on spending.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• Reduce the tax rate correctly and the city won’t have to dramatically cut services or lay off police, firefighters, teachers or other vital workers.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
• This is a serious accusation to throw around, and the universities and cops had better actually substantiate it or lay off.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024