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putting off

verb

present participle of put off

as in postponing

to assign to a later time never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

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as in removing

to rid oneself of (a garment) put off your coat and stay awhile

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as in disgusting

to cause to feel disgust she was put off by his blatantly sexist attitude

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Recent Examples of putting off Angi data shows 60 percent of consumers are now putting off projects and switching to maintenance. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026 Stop putting off that next step for your side hustle and find the perfect person to take your business to the next level. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 Poppe said the company was putting off $2 billion in work — not for wildfire mitigation or safety, but for housing developments, renewable energy projects and other efforts. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Hundreds of military bases have been putting off cleanup of toxic PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, for years, according to a new USA TODAY analysis of military records. — Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026 Home Depot and Lowe’s both told investors this year that homeowners are putting off larger home improvement projects – those often associated with fixer-upper homes. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 Across the country, park agencies struggling with these dire conditions are responding by putting off maintenance for trails and forests to save money, said Ray. — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 There are also reports that the couple will attend fellow Chiefs player JuJu Smith-Schuster’s wedding in California the weekend of July 10, putting off a bigger honeymoon even further. — Ashleigh Carter, InStyle, 10 July 2026 For anyone who has been putting off a checkup, over the counter hearing aids have made treatment easier to access than ever, which turns this into one of the simplest risk factors on the list to actually address. — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for putting off

Verb

The decree came after a committee of top Palestinian officials met Saturday morning to discuss postponing the vote.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Palestinian officials cited conditions in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem as reasons for postponing the vote.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of postponing

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Doctors then discussed removing his tongue, according to Rockett.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The 71-year-old first American pope was admitted to the Gemelli hospital on Tuesday with doctors removing a nodule that was determined to be pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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The daughter, Shannon Amos, faults her brother, Kelly Christopher Amos, for delaying medical care while isolating the actor from his family and friends in the years leading up to his death.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
More and more parents are delaying vaccines and citing logistics, outsourcing the decision to the parent who isn’t in the room or simply wanting more time.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of delaying

Verb

Ovitz asked, before taking off his microphone and storming out.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
The plane, a Van's RV-7A, crashed shortly after taking off from Petaluma Municipal Airport in Sonoma County, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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The country's telecom and internet service market is dominated by Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani's Jio and Sunil Mittal's Airtel, with both companies together holding over 80% market share.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
There are more than 300 such foundations across the country, holding over $40 billion in assets, according to Grantmakers In Health (paywall).

— Laura MacDonald, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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The young Forster recoiled from the school’s culture of authoritarianism and militaristic chauvinism, which may have found expression in the students’ often appalling attitudes toward their own mothers.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Of all the recent poster boys for appalling misbehavior by the State Police, Michael Proctor would of course rank number one.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026