How to Use off year in a Sentence
off year
noun- It has been an off year for auto sales.
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So was last year the start of the decline or just an off year for the starting running back?
—Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 16 July 2021
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Perhaps the film's modesty has kept it off year-end lists.
—Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 15 Dec. 2017
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San Antonio played a role in Kimzey’s lone off year, too.
—John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2022
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According to the campaign, Frisch's fundraising broke the record for the highest amount raised from donors by a challenger in a House race in an off year.
—Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 17 July 2023
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The denial caucus will tell us to pay no attention to an off-off year election.
—Paul Begala, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
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At Cider Corps and Myke’s Pizza, veterans and and active duty get 10% off year-round.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2021
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The Pulitzer Prize board, which will announce the 2020 winners on Monday, has had some arguably off years in the drama category.
—New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
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And research released earlier this year claims that a neutral expression is the key to shaving off years.
—Loren Savini, Allure, 10 Oct. 2018
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So, in off year elections, midyear elections, the power -- the party in power of the White House usually loses on average 15 seats.
—Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
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But if social distance is the antithesis of the football experience, maybe the team’s off year is an acceptable time for it.
—Mary Beth McCauley, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2020
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When companies used raises as rewards, employees could count on their salaries staying with them, even in off years.
—John Simons, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2017
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Metro Diner: 50% off for active and retired military with valid military ID and 10% off year-round.
—Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2021
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Despite the increase in air travel, passenger counts remain well off year-ago levels.
—Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2020
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This is similar to the problem Obama had: His base of young and non-white voters also had a terrible history of showing up in off years.
—David Wasserman, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2017
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The restaurant is giving 50% off to retired and active-duty and retired military on Veterans Day and 10% off year round.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Nov. 2021
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There are no ‘off years’ for voting or deepening a commitment to democracy.
—Jessica Pliska, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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Also, old computers, monitors, keyboards, software, mice, printers, modems, ink jet cartridges and cell phones can be dropped off year round at the fleet garage.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland, 7 July 2020
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When the home was auctioned off years later, federal agencies couldn’t ensure the entire property was free of booby traps.
—Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
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Since the 1970s, the winner of Virginia's off year gubernatorial election always came from the party in opposition to the White House.
—Dan Merica, CNN, 23 July 2021
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Offering 50% off to active and retired military with valid military ID on Veterans Day, and 10% off year-round.
—The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2022
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Virginia’s off-off year elections also tend to favor whichever party isn’t occupying the White House, moreover.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2021
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Pelaez argued that increasing the limit would allow council members to focus more on constituent work than fundraising, especially in off years.
—Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2018
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In Colorado, conservatives started making gains earlier because school board elections are held in off years.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 9 May 2023
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Ireland, who's able to slough off years from her character's age by simply turning her head, reveals all that has been lost over time in a portrait that connects history with psychology and fate with brute economic facts.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
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The city's de facto one-party monopoly, combined with one off-off year election every four years constitutes an across-the-board voter suppression system that really works.
—Bob “again” Carney Jr., Star Tribune, 20 July 2021
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In the past, some areas occasionally experienced off years because of a bad storm or a temperature fluctuation.
—Justin Worland/alajuela, Time, 21 June 2018
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