How to Use off-brand in a Sentence
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Check out this off-brand puffer jacket, which can provide all the same benefits at half the price.
— Christopher Murray, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024 -
Generic, off-brand sodas are more likely to have BVO than name brands.
— Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024 -
Long, square, and sparkling, Swift’s nails were a fairly off-brand choice for the superstar, who tends to keep them short (likely to play the guitar).
— Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2024 -
The future of the Mexican off-brand Buc-ee’s remains unclear.
— Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 27 July 2023 -
But a world in which millions of Americans keep taking risky off-brand drugs is not much of a step forward at all.
— Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024 -
The news could put sellers of off-brand or compounded versions of the medication in jeopardy.
— Bruce Gil, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2024 -
Alarm bells have already been sounding for less safe off-brand alternatives.
— Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 June 2023 -
Amazon has some cheaper, off-brand wearable and portable breast pumps.
— WIRED, 14 June 2023 -
The news could threaten sellers of off-brand or compounded versions of the medication.
— Bruce Gil, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2024 -
There are varying degrees of awareness of how AI can be applied to marketing, but there is a keen awareness of content that sounds robotic or off-brand.
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 -
Once there, 10-year-old Billy wastes no time finding an off-brand Necronomicon to read and wakes up a legion of creatures that soon attacks his family from all sides.
— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024 -
Using off-brand Viagra or ones that are expired but resold by companies can be detrimental to your health (not to mention a waste of money)!
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Discount grocery-chain Aldi is expanding as shoppers look for better prices and off-brand items amid rising food costs.
— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024 -
There was a time when boxed macaroni and cheese options were essentially limited to Kraft, Velveeta and a few off-brand and grocery-store labels.
— Pervaiz Shallwani, WSJ, 23 June 2023 -
Beyond the show’s many faults (gaudy, 1980s prom costumes, lyrics that defy understanding, and music that feels like an off-brand version of Webber’s greatest hits) — there are some nice moments.
— Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Chargers have all sorts of controls that limit the amount of current delivered and stop the phone charging when the battery is full, but some off-brand chargers might not have such rigorous safety settings.
— WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023 -
One of the biggest issues with monofilament is memory—especially with bargain or off-brand mono.
— Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023 -
Today’s powerful reads Demand for off-brand Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs is skyrocketing.
— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024 -
Otherwise, those hiking in mild, dry conditions can use off-brand waterproofing.
— Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023 -
Musk’s popularity among some consumers has led to many off-brand products becoming collectors items.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023 -
Filter replacements run about $80 from Dyson, though cheaper alternatives do exist from outlets like Amazon (just know these off-brand versions have been reported to work to varying degrees).
— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2024 -
For someone as media savvy as Donald Trump, this nonverbal behavior was shockingly off-brand – and may reflect the reality of a diminished candidate fast-approaching his eighth decade of life.
— Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.d., Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 -
Buggy software in off-brand smart devices is a recurring problem, but digital marketplaces such as Amazon have done little to rein in offending manufacturers.
— Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
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