as in to move
to leave a place often for another
let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush
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The final reading of the budget has been pushed off to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, to give the auditor’s office time to adjust department budgets to reflect the raises.
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
One concern Fed officials may have is that steeper cuts could, as Bowman expressed, incentivize spending that consumers are currently pushing off, which is helping keep inflation in check.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
Think of pushing off with the back foot rather than overextending the lead foot.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
For years, this optimism has been pushed off so far into the future, that stockholders had not appeared to meaningfully price in the timing of when that demand might really kick in.
—Bryce Erickson, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
One concern Fed officials may have is that steeper cuts could, as Bowman expressed, incentivize spending that consumers are currently pushing off, which is helping keep inflation in check.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
Think of pushing off with the back foot rather than overextending the lead foot.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
For years, this optimism has been pushed off so far into the future, that stockholders had not appeared to meaningfully price in the timing of when that demand might really kick in.
—Bryce Erickson, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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The 8-0 Tigers, having defeated the defending national champions from Harding in the seventh game of the season, had moved up to No. 3 in the country in the American Football Coaches Association's NCAA Division II poll.Rex Nelson, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The hearing Monday took place after Foglietta paused the case Thursday while Musk tried to move the lawsuit to federal court, but the federal judge denied the billionaire’s request on Friday, allowing the litigation to move forward in Philadelphia.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The officers tailing the Ford Focus watched as the driver waited at the parking lot of several banks before exiting the vehicle and entering the bank and then rushing back to the car and fleeing.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Stallone was announced last year as starring in the reboot but has since exited the project, as has previously announced director Ric Roman Waugh.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Dobbins then spied an open backfield after Austin Ekeler departed the Chargers to sign with the Washington Commanders as a free agent.Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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Now, the sun meets the skies quite early but departs just around when most of us get off work.Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
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Determined not to romanticize or fetishize his subjects, Fukunaga confesses to struggling during the editing process, and not always getting the calls right.Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Hot Boys, Birdman and Mannie Fresh all got together for the first time to rehearse on Halloween and practiced the show Friday and early Saturday as well.Shaheem Reid, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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Most went dormant in August and September, then the rain from the remnants of Hurricane Helene made their way up here.Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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The sun will also set earlier, going down at 4:28 p.m. in early December before gradually moving later.Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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The surgeon removes a small portion of the disc, or shock absorber, that has squirted out and is pushing on a nerve and causing pain.Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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This means that photons can push on an asteroid to change its spin: the rock absorbs light from the sun, then reemits that energy as infrared light.Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
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Trump had initially agreed to a similar exchange, then pulled out of it.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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While Vice President Kamala Harris makes a case against former President Donald Trump and a case for unity, Trump is pulling out all the stops (and stunts) to get those middle-class Americans to vote Trump once again.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Now called Opportunity Village, the initiative aims to help unsheltered individuals get off the streets.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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As indicated by Monday’s show, this last leg of the Luck and Strange tour got off to a very terrific start.David Chiu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Push off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20off. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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