put off
verb
put off; putting off; puts off
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Examples of put off in a Sentence
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
put off your coat and stay awhile
Recent Examples on the Web
At the same time, travelers who recall a time when Airbnbs were reliably cheaper than hotels have been put off by the home rental site’s cleaning and service fees.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
The shift for enterprise Chrome deployments is expected to be put off until June 2025.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
Trump's Social Security proposal could be designed to appeal to seniors who were put off by a proposal from the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservatives in the House, to raise the retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare, Altman added.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2024
But Ice was put off by comments suggesting that Swift’s interest in her was only surface level, an attempt at capitalizing on the rapper’s spotlight as if her own wasn’t blinding.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2024
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
The shift for enterprise Chrome deployments is expected to be put off until June 2025.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
Trump's Social Security proposal could be designed to appeal to seniors who were put off by a proposal from the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservatives in the House, to raise the retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare, Altman added.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2024
But Ice was put off by comments suggesting that Swift’s interest in her was only surface level, an attempt at capitalizing on the rapper’s spotlight as if her own wasn’t blinding.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2024
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“Put off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20off. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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