How to Use sign off in a Sentence

sign off

verb
  • The 28-year veteran will sign off at the end of the year.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The pair signed off the video with a sweet message for Brandy.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • But the Coast Guard will first need to sign off on a permit.
    oregonlive, 2 July 2022
  • Do the campaigns have to be signed off by the film’s creatives?
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
  • All of these things were things that had to be signed off on by the guardian throughout.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Now the House must still sign off on changes to the bill made in the upper chamber.
    Talia Richman, Dallas News, 26 May 2021
  • Brady needs 24 of the 32 NFL owners to sign off on the move before it can be locked in by the league.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • This requires three to 10 people to sign off on the new hire.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • But that's not enough for banks to sign off loan approvals.
    Percy Hung, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Last week a judge ordered the league to sign off on a contract, and the Thorns signed her to a three-year deal.
    Portland Timbers and Thorns Fc, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Not that anyone truly asked him to sign off on the two-day event.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • San Diego City Council members signed off on the project in 2020.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
  • In that case, the subpoena was signed by a film studio lawyer and not signed off on by the court.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2023
  • At the time, the FAA signed off on how Boeing addressed this issue.
    ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The footage of the incident from Sept. 30 shows Bowman pulling the signs off the door, pulling the fire alarm, and walking away.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The goal is for the school board to sign off on a final boundary map at its Jan. 10 meeting.
    Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2021
  • For a play to get onto that play sheet, every coach has to sign off on it in some way.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The victim's husband, Daniel Picus, signed off on the plea.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Still, without a lender involved, there’s much less to review and sign off on to close the deal.
    Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 21 June 2021
  • For a child to receive the permit, a parent or guardian also had to sign off.
    Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the case, signed off on the agreement at the hearing.
    Stefan Becket, Clare Hymes, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • States, local governments and tribes still need to sign off on the deal.
    Erin Mulvaney, WSJ, 27 July 2022
  • States, local governments, and tribes still need to sign off on the deal.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 28 July 2022
  • Congress which holds the power of the purse, would have to sign off on this expansion.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Not all requests are granted, but Fordin holds out hope the feds will sign off on his plan.
    Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The Justice Department would then need to sign off and present a case to a grand jury.
    Ken Thomas, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The House is expected to sign off after the Senate vote.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Sep. 2021
  • All other parties such as pay TV group Canal+ would need to sign off on the new amendment.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 Dec. 2022
  • However, the police were unable to enter the Franke home without a warrant, which a judge declined to sign off on.
    Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, has already signed off on outreach teams working on state land.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025

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