How to Use off-ramp in a Sentence

off-ramp

noun
  • The on- and off-ramps for the eastbound lanes will be closed at the same times as the right lane restrictions, ADOT said.
    Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2023
  • State police said the Exit 92 off-ramp was closed for some time because of the crash.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The Supreme Court has a possible off-ramp to defuse Tuesday’s case.
    USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The pirates of the eighteenth century lacked such easy off-ramps.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Motorists will be detoured around the work at the Tavern Road off-ramp and then sent back to the freeway via the Tavern on-ramp.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The new frontage road will replace the Allen Boulevard southbound on-ramp and the Denney Road southbound off-ramp.
    oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Plan for other overnight on- and off-ramp closures along southbound Loop 101.
    The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Biden’s inner circle has shown no public signs of urging him to find an off-ramp.
    Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • Local on- and off-ramps near the fire scene, at Southwest Salmon and Southwest Taylor streets, remain closed.
    oregonlive, 16 May 2023
  • The premise of wealth providing an off-ramp to media decline appears to be falling apart.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The Volunteers had an off-ramp from disaster in the Vandy loss, but Chaz Lanier missed a game-tying free throw try with 2.8 seconds left.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • This hangout, wedged in by a public school, a Greyhound bus stop, and a Manhattan Bridge off-ramp, spilled onto the street and became a scene.
    The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
  • This time, Biden should offer himself up not as a bridge to the next generation but as an off-ramp, finally, for the boomers.
    Matt Bai, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • Latin American states should provide an off-ramp to the Venezuelan crisis.
    Michael Lind, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The car landed upside down in the grassy median between on- and off-ramps and there were marks on a tree from the collision, according to News12.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In 2017, with support from the city of Nampa, ITD removed the single-direction westbound off-ramp.
    Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Separately, the eastbound I-10 off-ramp at Baseline Road and the westbound on-ramp also will be closed.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2024
  • The two far right lanes and the Imperial Avenue off-ramp remained closed for another hour.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Toyota drove through the gore area, struck the Exit 2 off-ramp sign support and the impact attenuator, state police said.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
  • In many states, including Ohio, some on-ramps and off-ramps are located next to each other or very close to one another, Farmer said.
    Max Filby, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The friend was near a highway off-ramp when a driver exiting the highway barreled into Dusina's friend, killing him.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Officers responded to a call about an accident on the I-30 westbound off-ramp near Baird Farm Road.
    Jaida Joyner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024
  • The Marina Vista Avenue on- and off-ramps to and from Interstate 680 were closed in both directions, but the freeway remained open.
    Jose Carlos Fajardo, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Building diplomatic off-ramps for Vladimir Putin didn’t dissuade him from launching the first major land war in Europe since 1945.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Motorists will be detoured to the eastbound I-8 Tavern off-ramp then reenter the freeway using the eastbound I-8 Tavern on-ramp.
    Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The standard off-ramp for CEOs and other C-suite leaders involves joining one or a handful of corporate boards.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Blinken’s upcoming visit to Beijing offers an off-ramp, should U.S. and Chinese leaders choose to take it.
    Jake Werner, The New Republic, 15 June 2023
  • That extended off-ramp would give women who are still receiving the drug time to finish their course of treatment, the company said.
    Wire and Staff Reports, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • One other sign of legitimacy is to offer the voter an off-ramp.
    John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway collapsed early last Sunday after a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped over on an off-ramp and caught fire.
    Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 18 June 2023

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