off-limits

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Recent Examples of off-limits Their reaction highlights an ongoing conversation about shifting workplace norms and what remains off-limits. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 Unsanctioned Halloween celebrations were apparently now off-limits. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025 Some beaches in New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware also will be temporarily off-limits. John Seewer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 Street food is completely off-limits for me. Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-limits
Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-limits
Adjective
  • The executives were able to meet with Pope Leo in a private audience that included others, according to a person familiar with the matter.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers in venture capital and private equity.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Investments range from costlier new building of entertainment centers that combine multi-screen theaters with activities from axe throwing to bowling to arcades; reopening and revamping closed cinemas; new digital projectors, movie screens, sound systems and seats in auditoriums.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The funding will help the firm advance its innovative closed-loop geothermal system (AGS) technology, which promises to deliver affordable, long-term, sustainable energy.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The lockdown was later lifted, but the university said access to campus would remain restricted to students, faculty, and staff with a valid school ID as local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies continued to investigate the threat.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • YouTube also autoplays non-restricted content when users hover over the video while scrolling.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Labor experts believe that the limited enforcement is largely due to limited resources.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • However, limited number of shows for the film did not help its cause at the box office.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The dream drive package includes private transfer to The Barn, Napa Valley Car Club's exclusive clubhouse, post-drive drinks and stories and return transfer.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Off-limits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-limits. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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