How to Use off the table in a Sentence

off the table

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  • Like jalapeño poppers but with a seafood surprise, this snack will fly off the table.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • The reason for clearing the plates is just to get them out of the way and off the table.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Take the go-live date off the table, and the pressure to launch anyway goes with it.
    — Komal Goyal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Still, both sides have signaled that diplomacy is not off the table.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Trump takes government shutdown off the table with midterms just weeks away.
    — FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Putting the fork down between bites for one meal a day, with the phone off the table, is the simplest way to build the habit.
    — Allison Palmer july 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • During summer in the South, there are many times when cooking is just off the table.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
  • The threat of a school bus strike appears to be temporarily off the table – at least for the next week.
    — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Tuller says canceling school on Thursday wasn't off the table.
    — Jack Springgate, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • That doesn't take the idea of some multiple expansion off the table in the quarters and years.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • With the mandatory-offer scenario off the table for now, that pressure has eased.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 July 2026
  • For the foreseeable future, in-space repairs are likely off the table.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
  • Sounds like the Pegulas are leaving a lot of money off the table by not having a few more taps.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Impeachment, Jeffries has said, is neither on nor off the table.
    — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Lazaro said a different plea would likely require an agreement taking the death penalty off the table.
    — Michael Ruiz , Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • And keeping the candles off the table leaves room for plates and protects guests from dangerous accidents.
    — Alexis Berger, Architectural Digest, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Bad weather on the ascent corridor took the first three launch options on March 1 and 2 off the table.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • Markets reacted to the report by taking a September rate hike off the table.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, a rate hike isn't entirely off the table, especially if inflation moves higher later in the year.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The simplest version of this ritual, according to the research, is to put your fork down between bites for one meal a day and leave your phone off the table.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • But once the deal on lower steel, aluminum and auto tariffs was nixed, Canada pulled the Keystone deal off the table as well.
    — Kent Jones, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The trip had always felt like a distant possibility—never off the table entirely, but life kept getting in the way.
    — Jenn Sinrich, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
  • With state legislation off the table for now, action at the federal level is still possible and much needed.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
  • The Dodgers have not taken Ohtani’s return to pitching off the table, but his return to the mound this season seems unlikely.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • We were disappointed when Meta didn't have more to say on this on its late July earnings call, but the good news is that this option isn't off the table.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Which is to say, the possibility to carve out an additional ad slot or two is never entirely off the table until the football leaves the tee during the opening kickoff.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But the lack of progress on the major metal and auto tariffs, combined with a backlash from the Canadian provinces themselves, forced that concession off the table as well.
    — Kent Jones, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • There are still three weeks left before the MLB trade deadline, and almost nothing is entirely off the table for Washington.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Optical stocks — Investors took a few chips off the table after artificial intelligence plays saw a rebound last Friday.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®,paulina Likos, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
  • At this point, House Bill 2189 remains in the Senate but off the table and unlikely to be debated or voted on—at least for now.
    — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 30 June 2026

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