How to Use cutoff in a Sentence

cutoff

1 of 2 noun

• The cutoff for new applications is next Wednesday.
• Or consider his graphic Farm Rio tee in concert with their denim cutoffs and Isabel Marant high-tops.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2024
• Under the law enacted last year, younger teens are allowed to work until 9 p.m. — rather than the federal 7 p.m. cutoff — and those as young as 16 can serve alcohol.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
• At the time, this cutoff was somewhere in the UV end of the spectrum.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
• With the cutoff now just over $1 billion, five dropped off this year.
  — Jane Ho, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• The cutoff date for the survey was March 20, about 10 days after the bank failures.
  — Matt Grossman, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
• Even with that cutoff, there were still a wide range of options.
  — Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, Martinez raced to a two-out double on a ball cutoff in the gap in the ninth.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The start of the regular season may not be the cutoff in this scenario.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• Before that, the state had a two-year cutoff for adults to bring forth their cases in court.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 June 2023
• The mom of two styled it with a white tank top, black cutoff shorts, and high-top Converse sneakers.
  — Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• The lab explanation did note that the IOM's cutoff was 20.
  — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• The Suns were making a push, and a loss would have left the Lakers on the wrong side of the cutoff for making the play-in tournament.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• But any such cutoff would also hurt the Kremlin’s revenue to fund the war.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• Still, the cutoff underscored the broader risk to gas supplies from the war.
  — Elena Becatoros and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2022
• Many houses have a water cutoff on the outside of their homes.
  — Heloise, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2022
• Some urged the world to end or find ways around the financial cutoff that has wrecked the economy.
  — Ebrahim Noroozi, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
• The quarterback with the black cutoff T-shirt and bleach-blond hair is leading a huddle.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
• Oregon is 12 strokes back of leader Georgia Tech and three back of 15th place, the cutoff line after the first three rounds.
  — oregonlive, 27 May 2023
• The House also wants to raise the threshold to $2 million, but the tax would apply only above that cutoff.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
• That left him $300 million shy of the Forbes cutoff when the magazine unveiled the list Tuesday.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• The rest of the year, from the second Sunday in March through the first Saturday in November, the cutoff time goes back an hour to 6:59 p.m.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 18 May 2024
• Three seasons, or sooner, tends to be the cutoff point now, more often than not.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 26 July 2022
• Wear it with white linen pants or denim cutoffs — the basic top can be styled in endless ways.
  — Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
• While on the go, she was also seen wearing a purple fur coat, with an Alaïa suit, cutoff leather gloves, and a plaid beret.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
• Even before the six-week ban, when the cutoff for the procedure was at 15, Jasper had little time to decide what to do.
  — Shefali Luthra, TIME, 15 May 2024
• Shearling is chic and will go great well into the seasonal shift to cutoff shorts.
  — Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
• There’s a young Kevin Bacon wearing a ringer tee and short denim cutoffs.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
• That would also mean areas further west wouldn't see much snow at all due to a sharp cutoff.
  — Rebecca Loroff, Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
• Heidi Klum is beating the heat this summer in her tiny denim cutoffs — with a twist!
  — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023

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cut off

2 of 2 verb

• Parrish slid her feet to cut off the Maryland guard as the clock neared the 6-minute mark of the second quarter.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2023
• Your son has cut off communication with you for now but remind yourself that this will not be forever.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2023
• There are plenty of exercises that benefit from cut off sleeves as well as the warmth and protection of a hood.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 12 Jan. 2023
• This portable is well worth the full purchase price, so getting $900 cut off puts it on a whole new level.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2024
• Your son has cut off communication with you for now, but remind yourself that this will not be forever.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
• Get the free pattern Build Gourd Body Find two gourds with similar-size necks; cut off necks.
  — Beverly Rivers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
• Access to Meta's Horizon Home features will also be cut off on March 5, the company wrote.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2023
• But outside of uniformed public safety employees, the city is largely balancing its budget by cutting off hiring next year and not filling vacancies.
  — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2024
• This debris, like the iceberg that sank the Titanic, can be much larger than a typical rogue blood clot and can become lodged in an artery that is not excessively narrow, cutting off blood flow.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024
• Use a knife to cut off the green crown and stem end of the pineapple.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
• Pull weeds out by the roots or cut off the top growth with a hoe.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
• Greenlaw cut off the route and Prescott rushed a throw to Michael Gallup near the sideline.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
• The forecast cuts off as the storm is expected to make that turn.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
• One boy, a sophomore, even tries to cut off his feet with a hacksaw.
  — Charles McGrath, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• As the guest of honor, I was instructed to cut off the cheeks and pass them to the other guests.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
• Israel cut off food, fuel and medicine to Gaza early in the war.
  — James Doubek, NPR, 28 Apr. 2024
• One was turned away from the crime scene while the other had been cut off completely.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• The video then cuts off as Everson appears to fall over.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• And while the rocket launch was smooth sailing at first, the live feed of Bradley, Cory and Paul cut off as the episode concluded.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• Noriko gets cut off from the rest of the cast, and any potential insight into her son along with her.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 July 2024
• Use a sharp knife, and cut off the new clump that’s forming, along with some of its creeping rhizomes.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 17 Aug. 2023
• Transfer the cream to a piping bag (or zipper bag with a corner cut off), and place eight dollops on the pie.
  — Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
• Chief among them being: the weight cut off to be eligible is a flat 154 pounds.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
• And building the dike in Kazakhstan cut off the south part of the sea in Uzbekistan from its crucial water source.
  — Victoria Milko, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
• At some point in the past, that part of the panel was ignominiously cut off.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
• Many of the most senior users, or those claiming to have been using water for the longest time, weren’t cut off.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• But when Bill ends up dead just as a storm cuts off their hotel from the outside world, Darby starts sleuthing.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 June 2024
• Add chicken to brine: Pat chicken pieces dry; cut breasts in half, and cut off and discard wing tips.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2023
• The journalists struggle to get their work out to the world as the city gets increasingly cut off.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2023
• Cracks and crevices may also be sealed to cut off pathways into a home or structure.
  — Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 8 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024