1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill
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2
as in to separate
to set or keep apart from others
the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared
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as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt
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Recent Examples of cut off
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
Enraged consumers also flooded the YouTube TV fan group page on Facebook with complaints to the point where some members asked the administrator to cut off comments.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2024
With the annual cutoff for swaps looming on Tuesday, Sunday's games might have shaped several teams' plans.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Over the past 15 years or so, Pappy Van Winkle has skyrocketed in popularity and become a cult phenomenon, although some whiskey drinkers have cooled on the brand a bit over the past few years (and some bar owners have ensured that they would be cut off).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
Enraged consumers also flooded the YouTube TV fan group page on Facebook with complaints to the point where some members asked the administrator to cut off comments.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
Her and her tutu and me and my cutoff jeans and dirty T-shirt.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2024
With the annual cutoff for swaps looming on Tuesday, Sunday's games might have shaped several teams' plans.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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An elevator stops on all four floors, and as designed, there will be three and potentially four bedrooms and a total of four bathrooms, plus a powder room just inside the front door.Mark David, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
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Some Broad Ripple Starbucks lovers woke up to a surprise Thursday morning while stopping to grab a cup of Joe.Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
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Then the pilots flew over the Río de la Plata, the wide estuary separating Argentina and Uruguay.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Entrepreneurs often face the daunting task of separating their emotional attachment to the business from its financial valuation.Sara Khaki, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The presence of such peacekeepers probably would require a cessation of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kaur used her platform to call for the recognition of artists’ political voices and for a cessation of Israel’s war in Gaza.News Desk, Artforum, 3 Dec. 2024
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The technical psychiatry and neurobiology of later times necessarily lacked Valéry’s poetry, and the poets themselves could never make good on his scientism without ceasing to write poetry.Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Last week, a panel of three judges upheld the law's constitutionality, leaving TikTok and ByteDance warning that the app could cease operations in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19, 2025, if the decision stands.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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More than 100 bridges would be lost, power lines toppled and coastal towns isolated.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Rahal’s current iteration of David includes milk protein isolate, collagen and whey protein, and is held together with allulose and polydextrose.Simone Melvin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The third—the series’ best and last—has Sam trying to repay the favor by making sure a newly married Joel isn’t sacrificing too much of himself to achieve a happy ending.Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
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This is histrionic and fun and has a nice ending with Michael Longfellow.EW.com, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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So, out of the 24, how did those teams end their seasons?Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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After those relationships ended, the close friends became roommates, leading to their love affair.Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 Dec. 2024
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Business as usual ground to a halt when the WHO declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, about four months after the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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The previous year Atlanta’s troubled son Young Thug was shut behind bars on RICO charges, bringing his output to a halt.Maurice Garland, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Cut off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20off. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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