as in to turn back
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Recent Examples of choke off
Washington can capitalize on that advantage to choke off Chinese tech firms.
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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
Export controls were aimed at choking off China's access to the most advanced computer chips, impeding its ability to keep pace.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The big concern in industry is, that despite the progress the U.K. is making to deliver greater legal and regulatory certainty for the cryptoasset sector, it is being undermined as the fintech and crypto sector is further de-banked and the crucial on-ramp from fiat to digital assets is choked off.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
That is why oil was targeted by Western sanctions that aimed to punish Russia and President Vladimir Putin for his 2022 invasion of Ukraine and choke off funds for his war machine.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
Export controls were aimed at choking off China's access to the most advanced computer chips, impeding its ability to keep pace.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The big concern in industry is, that despite the progress the U.K. is making to deliver greater legal and regulatory certainty for the cryptoasset sector, it is being undermined as the fintech and crypto sector is further de-banked and the crucial on-ramp from fiat to digital assets is choked off.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
That is why oil was targeted by Western sanctions that aimed to punish Russia and President Vladimir Putin for his 2022 invasion of Ukraine and choke off funds for his war machine.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
Verb
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A number of overnight flights out of L.A. were asked to turn back three to four hours into their journeys.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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More than likely, they are caught, Helly is forced to go upstairs to turn back into Helena, and either Mark is murdered for doing such damage to Lumon’s plan (and for killing a Lumon executive), or Innie Mark essentially dies when Lumon also forces him to go upstairs.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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So, if the cut off on money owed is June 30, 2029, for example, then Medved or a school hiring him would need $1.85 million to buy out the rest of his current contract.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Some congregants had completely cut off communication with their own parents or grandparents because their families wouldn’t match their devotion to Rose and the church.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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So could a weight loss medication that blocks opiate receptors along with suppressing appetite be effective?—
Andrea Muraskin,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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Consider the scenario of deeper economic stagnation: a prolonged downturn could significantly delay the recovery of the housing sector, exacerbating affordability struggles, and suppressing new residential construction.—
Ali Hoss,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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