How to Use scratch off in a Sentence

scratch off

verb
  • One more thing to scratch off the list.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • Wendy scratched off a few at the party, the Ohio Lottery said, but left the rest for later.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The first 100 guests at locations will also receive a scratch off for a chance to win free smoothies for a year.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • If protective stickers on the card are removed or codes on the back of the card are scratched off, report the damage to a retailer immediately.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The storefronts lining East Texas streets between the pine trees had scratched off the white and Cowboys blue from their window panes and outdoor signage, at least temporarily.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Luis Palma stepped up to take it, and Wickens got down low to his right-hand side to keep it out, only for the save to be scratched off as Ross County players encroached into the box.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • About 70% of lotto tickets sold are instant scratch off tickets, said Victor Matheson, professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Aggressive scraping with metal or sharp-edged utensils can damage the surface, scratching off the seasoning and causing divots before the seasoning has had enough time to fully set in and build, Stubblefield and Affoumado warn.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That includes getting the state and local environmental permits needed to build a new marina out of scratch off the Seaquarium shores, including constructing piers on bay bottom owned by Miami-Dade.
    — Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • An 85-year-old Michigan woman recently won a $1 million Michigan Lottery prize after buying scratch off tickets once a week for years, according to the Michigan Lottery.
    — Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The lottery secured the title in 2023 when 550 people came together to scratch off their tickets, most of which earned them between 5 to 60 Polish zloty (or roughly $1 to $16).
    — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The department’s Detective Division investigated and found that more than $20,000 worth of scratch off tickets and $700 worth of cigarettes had been stolen throughout the year, police said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Some retailers, to reduce gift card fraud put a PIN on the gift card so that if the card is used online, the user must have access to the PIN which is generally covered and must have the covering material scratched off in order to be visible.
    — Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025

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