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Recent Examples of off-limits
Lockwood, while on duty, showed up two hours later at the business, went into an off-limits area and took it back, the affidavit states.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
But generally, with phones off-limits, the atmosphere feels different.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
Ivory, cream, and white are still off-limits, though, unless the bride specifically requests it.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
As a result, over 18,000 private businesses are effectively off-limits to these workers.
—Joe Donnelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-limits
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None of the crew members mentioned the issue in the week between their initial request for a private medical conference and their return to Earth.—
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Homsido Infrared Wooden Home Sauna The private sauna also has a dedicated foot-heating panel that operates separately from the rest of the unit.—
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Newer facilities rely on closed-loop cooling systems that recirculate cooling liquids instead of evaporating water.—
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OpenAI has to hope its new device is a hit that may enable it to cement users into a closed ecosystem, not dissimilar to the one Apple has built around its hardware device and iOS software.—
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Elk Grove city leaders have approved turning Amber Waves Way and several other streets into a restricted parking zone.—
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The Panthers gave Mays a restricted tender this past offseason, and the lineman eventually returned on the one-year deal.—
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The new approach moves beyond linear models by using Gaussian process regression, a technique capable of mapping complex nonlinear relationships with limited data.—
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The limited number of videos that have emerged show hundreds of corpses strewn across the floors of hospitals and morgues.—
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In its October response to the suit, the club maintained that its rules grant the board of governors exclusive control over bylaw changes.—
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At this exclusive, high-energy event, the world’s most innovative leaders will convene to explore how AI, humanity, and strategy converge to redefine, again, the future of work.—
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“Off-limits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-limits. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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