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turned off

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verb

past tense of turn off
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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction turn off at the third exit and follow the ramp to your left

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of turned off
Verb
Comments were turned off on the farm’s Facebook page. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 That is also why comments on this article have been turned off. Cerys Jones, New York Times, 27 June 2026 Even when turned off, items in standby mode are drawing energy and generating heat. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 June 2026 At a dinner at Tate Britain to mark his 70th birthday, it was announced that the smoke alarms would be turned off for ten minutes at the end, so that Hockney could have a cigarette with his coffee. The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 June 2026 Those alarms won’t be turned off anytime this weekend. Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 Brunson turned off his social media and Hart at one point even stopped responding to his coach via text, offering only an occasional thumbs up. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 June 2026 The Honda turned off Hanover Street onto Fort Avenue, where cameras captured a plastic tarp covering the driver's side window. Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 June 2026 Always ensure the mower is turned off before attempting to adjust the height to avoid accidental injuries. Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned off
Adjective
  • Now, for the first time since signing elsewhere, Bichette is preparing to return to Rogers Centre as an opposing player, creating one of the most anticipated moments on Toronto's schedule.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • After Johnson directly introduced the ordinance into the Housing Committee, a rare move designed to prevent opponents from delaying debate, aldermen now stand between the two opposing sides.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026
  • Many of the crew members are disgusted by Vito's homosexuality, but Phil seems to take special exception to this revelation, going out of his way to demand Tony take him out and becoming violently angered even at the mere mention of Vito's name.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • She was also asked to perform the walk-and-turn exercise, and the one-leg stand exercise, and deviated from instruction on both counts.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • If a shrub is causing safety issues, is diseased, or is causing damage to structures, it should be removed.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • The New York Post also confirmed the suspension earlier on Saturday, citing internal police documents that state Scheublin was removed from his position on Tuesday, June 30.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • With extreme fire conditions persisting in Utah, Rocky Mountain Power also shut off power lines serving Beaver County and other areas.
    Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • Two weeks ago, Lutnick invoked export control authorities to require Anthropic to shut off access to its two most capable systems, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, citing threats to national security.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 27 June 2026
Adjective
  • The seemingly militaristic act of archery and peaceful meditation may seem diametrically opposed.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Drawing on an astonishing wealth of references to the metaphor of two ships by figures from the early colonial era through the Civil War, Reynolds lops off the Quakers and the Scotch-Irish in favor of the groups that came first and seemed most antithetically opposed—Puritan and Cavalier.
    James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • As of Monday, the outbreak had sickened 1,048 people and killed 267, according to the World Health Organization.
    Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2026
  • The disease has sickened humans for thousands of years and wiped out a significant chunk of Europe's population in the 14th century during what's known as the Black Death.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
    Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • Paraguay seemed to fade after the Mbappé goal, but turned it on again late, forcing Mike Maignan to make his first save of the day about 89 and a half minutes into the match.
    Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

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“Turned off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20off. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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