as in opposing
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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust
that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while
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as in removed
to let go from office, service, or employment
eventually, the supervisor turned off the insubordinate employee
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as in shut off
to cause to stop functioning
please turn off the fan when you're done
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Recent Examples of turned off
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
Cable boxes, DVRs, TVs, gaming systems, and streaming devices often run 24/7, even when the screen itself is turned off.
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Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
5 July 2026
But if the spigot gets turned off, the whole dynamic will change.
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Bailey Lipschultz,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
Additionally electronics such as computers, televisions and video game consoles should be turned off when not in use, according to experts.
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Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Comments were turned off on the farm’s Facebook page.
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
That is also why comments on this article have been turned off.
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Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Even when turned off, items in standby mode are drawing energy and generating heat.
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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.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
20 June 2026
Verb
Smartphone users should also remember to shoot in RAW image format in night mode with their flash turned off.
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Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
Cable boxes, DVRs, TVs, gaming systems, and streaming devices often run 24/7, even when the screen itself is turned off.
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Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
5 July 2026
But if the spigot gets turned off, the whole dynamic will change.
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Bailey Lipschultz,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
Additionally electronics such as computers, televisions and video game consoles should be turned off when not in use, according to experts.
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Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Comments were turned off on the farm’s Facebook page.
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
That is also why comments on this article have been turned off.
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Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Even when turned off, items in standby mode are drawing energy and generating heat.
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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.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned off
Adjective
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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.
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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.
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Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.
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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.
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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.
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She was also asked to perform the walk-and-turn exercise, and the one-leg stand exercise, and deviated from instruction on both counts.
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If a shrub is causing safety issues, is diseased, or is causing damage to structures, it should be removed.
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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.
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Utilities also recommend shutting off ACs and fans in homes if no one is there.
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In a later update, the department said the explosion occurred inside the electrical room after firefighters shut off power to the building.
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The seemingly militaristic act of archery and peaceful meditation may seem diametrically opposed.
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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.
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Last summer, cooling towers were behind a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem that caused 6 deaths and sickened more than 100 others.
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More than 100 passengers were sickened in a recent norovirus outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship that departed from California last month and arrived back at port Thursday.
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Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
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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.
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“Turned off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20off. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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