How to Use cutoff in a Sentence

cutoff

1 of 2 noun
  • The cutoff for new applications is next Wednesday.
  • There’s got to be a cutoff point at some point.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Those in line at the cutoff time will be allowed to vote.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Even with that cutoff, there were still a wide range of options.
    — Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But then there’s always the cutoff point.
    — Fiction Non Fiction august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There have been complete aid cutoffs.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Mahan also was able to make the cutoff in the new poll.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • With the cutoff now just over $1 billion, five dropped off this year.
    — Jane Ho, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Her and her tutu and me and my cutoff jeans and dirty T-shirt.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2024
  • But there are only so many who will make it through before the cutoff.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Midnight is a good cutoff time since most people will be in bed by then.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The events are for women 21 and up, and there’s no cutoff in age.
    — Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026
  • At this year’s race, Canty managed to make the time cutoff for the first loop.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Here, a fuzzy coat is the pièce de résistance when paired with cutoff jeans and sleek boots.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • 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 next year, the agency increased the cutoff to 2 ng/ml.
    — Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Parents earning just a bit more than the income cutoff are left on their own.
    — Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There is likely to be a sharp northern cutoff to the rainfall.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • If there’s still a line when polls close, a poll worker will stand at the end of the line to mark the cutoff.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
  • If there’s still a line when polls close, a poll worker will stand at the end of the line to mark the cutoff.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • Yousafzai is 28, born in the last year of the Gen Z cutoff.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • All those cities had a cutoff date of when the units were built, after which the rent caps didn’t apply.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Same-day delivery is subject to a cutoff time each day, which varies by city.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • What is the Powerball cutoff time to buy tickets?
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • What is the Powerball cutoff time to buy tickets?
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • What is the Powerball cutoff time to buy tickets?
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • What is the Powerball cutoff time to buy tickets?
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • What is the Powerball cutoff time to buy tickets?
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Creed began the day second in points, but 26 above the cutoff line.
    — John Sturbin, Dallas News, 26 Oct. 2020
  • With this in mind, consider leaving those heavy cutoffs at home.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026

cut off

2 of 2 verb
  • Britain, cut off, built its own bomb.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Change the menu—cut off their food sources.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • Most of their roots are cut off when they're dug from the field.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The warden might cut off his mail.
    — John H. Richardson, Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
  • That response was cut off from the end.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • For a while, they were even cut off from the rest of the world.
    — Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Pull weeds out by the roots or cut off the top growth with a hoe.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Pull weeds out by the roots or cut off the top growth with a hoe.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • David staggered away as the video cuts off.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • That would cut off any new growth in the district.
    — Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The livestream then abruptly cut off.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Then, the livestream abruptly cuts off.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Her team rushed to help as the song abruptly cut off.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Her team rushed to help as the song abruptly cut off.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Both ends of the gourd were cut off and a skin stretched tight over one end.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • One of Miss Tate’s breasts had been cut off.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Use a knife to cut off the green crown and stem end of the pineapple.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
  • North Unit is the first to be cut off during a drought.
    — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026
  • Grab some pruners or loppers, cut off all the dead stems, and throw them away.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • The power and the water got cut off.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Fins are also cut off and bones are removed.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Put me in a headlock cutting off air.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Rhea rallied, only to be cut off time and again.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The regime once again had cut off the internet.
    — Talla Mountjoy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Germany feared imports would be cut off in war.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Just cut off the cheeks and scoop out the flesh with a spoon right into the blender.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Someone caught stealing should have a hand cut off.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Trim fennel at base, cutting off any brown area.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In this region, the long wavelengths get cut off.
    — Quanta Magazine, 14 Jan. 2026
  • One had his foot cut off while the other two had shrapnel wounds.
    — Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

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