How to Use off-grid in a Sentence
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But the stars of this off-grid spot are surely the koalas.
—Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
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Most of them have been small off-grid or remote-grid systems.
—Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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The Perch, an entirely off-grid house on a limestone plateau.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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The company hopes to get up to 500 off-grid homes connected each year.
—Ginger Zee, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2024
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The dry composting method will be familiar to those with off-grid homes.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
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The new models are designed to provide customers with the ability to go off-grid and explore the world with ease.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 23 May 2023
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Between the low range and slow charging, this isn't really a car suited for off-grid trips.
—Geoff Nudelman, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
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As such, the Bon Voyage could be plugged into a battery and operate off-grid.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
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The pair run a small off-grid coffee farm and prepare meals for passing visitors.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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An outdoorsy, off-grid lifestyle has been part of the island’s history from the outset.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
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But off-grid renewables are only one part of the solution.
—Yemi Osinbajo, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2021
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This was surprising to learn, given the very quiet, out-of-the-way location—but that’s exactly the appeal for those who want to go off-grid.
—Alice Cary, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2024
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The island is equipped with its own off-grid backup battery that’s powered by solar panels and a wind turbine.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2024
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With each scroll, Meta's almighty algorithm fed me more images of their off-grid digital detox cabins.
—Kate Lucy, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
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Now, homeowners are on the hook for finding off-grid alternatives, as well as paying to fix damage to their homes.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
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The architects say that the IWI comes with electrical and plumbing hookups, though it can also be used in an off-grid installation.
—Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 20 Apr. 2023
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The roughly 10-acre off-grid retreat in the Florida Keys features a five-bedroom home, a boat dock, a pickleball court, and a helipad.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024
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Paradise Ranch is another dreamy stay, with both mirrored off-grid cabins and roomy canvas bell tents available to rent.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 June 2023
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There is also a solar farm and a 5,000-gallon holding tank that allow the property to operate off-grid.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
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Android’s new private space hides sensitive apps from sight, while those off-grid may be able to add satellite messaging to their devices.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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That’s because adding poles, wires, and even off-grid solar systems will do little to alleviate the crushing poverty that leads people to cut large swaths of trees.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2020
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The rugged, collapsible soaking tub packs down to car camping size, traveling anywhere on- or off-grid to bring that steamy soak deep into the most superlative scenery around.
—New Atlas, 16 July 2024
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On the page, Savannah and Joy went to a completely off-grid health retreat together, part ways at the end of it, and Joy returns home stunned to find everyone thinking she'd been killed.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
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Users of those phones can text emergency services via satellite while off-grid with no cellular or WiFi coverage.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
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The house is built around five main principles, which can be applied to any climate and location to make an off-grid house suited to its local environment.
—Maghie Ghali, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2024
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The album also exults in musical zingers, non sequiturs and startling off-grid eruptions.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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Those that produce or acquire power off-grid would be subject to tax based on an estimate of electricity costs.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 4 May 2023
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The intrigue: Large power users in the U.S. are also increasingly interested in off-grid solar and battery projects, driven by the long queues for grid power.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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In 2020, two burnout sufferers launched the startup, Unplugged, offering digital detoxes at off-grid, tech-free cabins, most of which are located in the UK.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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In the years since, it's developed an Indigenous workforce that has installed 2.5-kilowatt off-grid solar and battery storage systems in 72 homes across the Hopi and Navajo Nations.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
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