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  • adjective Taking place or located away from the specified site. Opposite to on-site.

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  • adjective That takes place away from a particular site

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  • adjective taking place or located away from the site

Etymologies

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off- +‎ site

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Examples

  • Evren Esen , manager of the Society for Human Resource Management's survey research center, called the increase "somewhat positive," especially as more of those parties take place off-site, which is usually a more expensive undertaking.

    No Vacation or Bonus? Workers Say OK 2011

  • Did you *know* that Tom called an off-site meeting for the WWA creative team to do something he calls a CIAW?

    Hit Reply Rocki St. Claire 2004

  • Did you *know* that Tom called an off-site meeting for the WWA creative team to do something he calls a CIAW?

    Hit Reply Rocki St. Claire 2004

  • Did you *know* that Tom called an off-site meeting for the WWA creative team to do something he calls a CIAW?

    Hit Reply Rocki St. Claire 2004

  • We've had to do all of our scenic backdrop painting off-site, which is far from ideal.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • And on Friday afternoon, bloggers will join Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Ryback, Congressman Keith Ellison and labor leaders at an off-site rally for jobs.

    Paul Hogarth: Netroots at a Crossroads in Minneapolis This Weekend Paul Hogarth 2011

  • I've worked with very wealthy clients who've gone on manic sprees of indiscriminate acquisition, accumulating a stockpile of furniture and furnishings that filled several off-site storage containers.

    Kathryn M. Ireland: Hoarding Versus Collecting Kathryn M. Ireland 2011

  • I've worked with very wealthy clients who've gone on manic sprees of indiscriminate acquisition, accumulating a stockpile of furniture and furnishings that filled several off-site storage containers.

    Kathryn M. Ireland: Hoarding Versus Collecting Kathryn M. Ireland 2011

  • Things that can be reused intact, such as hard drives and processors, are salvaged; parts containing dangerous materials — batteries, lamps, toners, mercury-containing devices — are removed for further off-site processing; and everything in between gets thrown into the shredder.

    Euthanizing Old Friends Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • And on Friday afternoon, bloggers will join Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Ryback, Congressman Keith Ellison and labor leaders at an off-site rally for jobs.

    Paul Hogarth: Netroots at a Crossroads in Minneapolis This Weekend Paul Hogarth 2011

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