Sentence examples for off the announcement from inspiring English sources

Traders on Wall Street shrugged off the announcement of the rate changes.

But the committee responsible could not agree, and Mr McDonough, its chairman, has now put off the announcement indefinitely.

So it is tempting to shrug off the announcement on November 26th that China pulled out of an EU-China summit, at less than a week's notice.

Officials of Korea Tobacco and Ginseng, which dominates the market, shrugged off the announcement and denied that their company used its political strength to squeeze out competition.

BP said in a news release that it had agreed months ago to the projects described Tuesday and others, but that federal and state trustees held off the announcement.

Mr Chávez brushed off the announcement, saying: "it's the empire".The Dominican Liberation Party of Leonel Fernández, the reforming president of the Dominican Republic, seemed to have won a majority in a congressional election.

Met officials wanted to hold off on the announcement until the other two contracts were settled.

The turtles were born at different times during the fall, but the zoo had held off on the announcement until it made sure the animals were healthy.

Acer kicked off the announcements with news of an 8.1in tablet capable of running the full Windows 8 operating system.

Still, even the largest companies are not shrugging off the ramifications of the announcement on Tuesday.

A rainy summer in upstate New York plays havoc with the daily scratches when the off-the-turf announcement is heard.