How to Use off-ramp in a Sentence

off-ramp

noun

• The on- and off-ramps for the eastbound lanes will be closed at the same times as the right lane restrictions, ADOT said.
  — Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2023
• State police said the Exit 92 off-ramp was closed for some time because of the crash.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
• The Supreme Court has a possible off-ramp to defuse Tuesday’s case.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
• Motorists will be detoured around the work at the Tavern Road off-ramp and then sent back to the freeway via the Tavern on-ramp.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
• The new frontage road will replace the Allen Boulevard southbound on-ramp and the Denney Road southbound off-ramp.
  — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Plan for other overnight on- and off-ramp closures along southbound Loop 101.
  — The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• Local on- and off-ramps near the fire scene, at Southwest Salmon and Southwest Taylor streets, remain closed.
  — oregonlive, 16 May 2023
• The premise of wealth providing an off-ramp to media decline appears to be falling apart.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
• Latin American states should provide an off-ramp to the Venezuelan crisis.
  — Michael Lind, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2023
• In 2017, with support from the city of Nampa, ITD removed the single-direction westbound off-ramp.
  — Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2024
• The two far right lanes and the Imperial Avenue off-ramp remained closed for another hour.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
• In many states, including Ohio, some on-ramps and off-ramps are located next to each other or very close to one another, Farmer said.
  — Max Filby, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024
• Motorists will be detoured to the eastbound I-8 Tavern off-ramp then reenter the freeway using the eastbound I-8 Tavern on-ramp.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
• The standard off-ramp for CEOs and other C-suite leaders involves joining one or a handful of corporate boards.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2023
• Blinken’s upcoming visit to Beijing offers an off-ramp, should U.S. and Chinese leaders choose to take it.
  — Jake Werner, The New Republic, 15 June 2023
• That extended off-ramp would give women who are still receiving the drug time to finish their course of treatment, the company said.
  — Wire and Staff Reports, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• The stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway collapsed early last Sunday after a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped over on an off-ramp and caught fire.
  — Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 18 June 2023
• But despite tens of millions of dollars spent in recent years, there seems to be little reduction in the number of tents propped up on sidewalks, in parks, and by freeway off-ramps.
  — Claire Rush, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• According to the sheriff's office, the incident occurred around 2:20 p.m. after the driver entered the highway at the Fond du Lac Avenue off-ramp.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2023
• Nor when freeway modernization stranded the Silver Crest amid a cursive tangle of off-ramps, gas stations and drive-throughs.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• But despite tens of millions of dollars spent in recent years, there appears to be little reduction in the number of tents propped up on sidewalks, in parks, and by freeway off-ramps.
  — Claire Rush, Janie Har, and Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
• This all happened in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon, in clear view of a busy street and a freeway off-ramp A police officer arrived and investigated the scene.
  — David Hulen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
• Jones was headed home from a nightclub performance by his reggae band when his vehicle stalled on a dark Interstate 95 off-ramp.
  — CBS News, 25 Feb. 2023
• Donohue ruled out adding an off-ramp from that road — a possibility that some had floated and others had feared could complicate traffic to the airport.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• The tradeoffs by the Dems, allowing Biden to pardon his son in return for dropping out, or a promise to pardon him from a President Newsom seems to be the possible off-ramp so many seem to want.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023
• The driver of a big rig was rescued early Tuesday after his vehicle went off a freeway off-ramp in Otay Mesa, overturned and hit a tree, authorities said.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
• Proposals to widen freeway off-ramps, or even add an additional on- and off-ramp have been suggested to Caltrans, but no decisions have yet been made.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
• Pennsylvania State Police said the tractor-trailer, hauling 8,500 gallons of gasoline, flipped on an off-ramp, triggering a blaze that caused part of the interstate to fall down.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• As with the Times, Thompson will find a storied news brand grappling with a declining legacy business, and without an obvious off-ramp to a digital future.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
• Other developments south of the interchange are also expected to benefit from the new off-ramps.
  — Michael Scherer, Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024