How to Use off-brand in a Sentence

off-brand

adjective
  • Even an off-brand Hardy has its charms.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The concern goes beyond one shady app or one off-brand gadget.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • As far as Senra is concerned, these topics aren’t off-brand.
    — Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The new ads warned consumers about off-brand versions of its popular weight-loss drugs.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Check out this off-brand puffer jacket, which can provide all the same benefits at half the price.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • These are far from the worst in the genre, but even the good attempts sound like off-brand grocery store cereals.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Alarm bells have already been sounding for less safe off-brand alternatives.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 June 2023
  • And, of course, if an off-brand browser is present on the Mac, the content filter is toothless.
    — PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Amazon has some cheaper, off-brand wearable and portable breast pumps.
    — WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • Generic, off-brand sodas are more likely to have BVO than name brands.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
  • But a world in which millions of Americans keep taking risky off-brand drugs is not much of a step forward at all.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • There’s no way that off-brand, definitely refilled bottle of olive oil is the only cooking fat in the house?
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The new performer needs to fill the role and honor the story without feeling like an off-brand copy of the original.
    — Katie North, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • That's not off-brand for the villainous super-genius character.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Poison control centers have seen a steep rise in calls related to off-brand weight loss medications.
    — C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Some older types of bakeware or off-brand pieces may use soda-lime glass instead of borosilicate glass, which is more prone to thermal shock.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The news could put sellers of off-brand or compounded versions of the medication in jeopardy.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The future of the Mexican off-brand Buc-ee’s remains unclear.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • The risk is looking opportunistic or off-brand or triggering backlash that outweighs the buzz.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • This cherry charm is a cute addition to a purse, instantly leveling up those off-brand bags to a luxury dream.
    — Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The news could threaten sellers of off-brand or compounded versions of the medication.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Friends begin posting feverishly about bitcoin and off-brand Ozempic as their accounts are hacked or cloned.
    — Lindsay Lee Wallace, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Long, square, and sparkling, Swift’s nails were a fairly off-brand choice for the superstar, who tends to keep them short (likely to play the guitar).
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Some dispensers can only take cartridges that are made by the same manufacturer, while others can use off-brand cartridges, too.
    — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Discount grocery-chain Aldi is expanding as shoppers look for better prices and off-brand items amid rising food costs.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The same debate is playing out over off-brand marijuana products like Delta-8, which are derived from hemp.
    — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026
  • There was a single café doling out bitter robusta brews and a small store dealing in pickled chicken feet and cans of off-brand Pringles.
    — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Mar. 2026
  • When a drug is removed from the shortage list, compounding pharmacies may no longer mix off-brand versions for people who can’t access the name brand drug.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Otherwise, those hiking in mild, dry conditions can use off-brand waterproofing.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Hims & Hers was able to sell this off-brand version because of recent shortages of GLP-1 drugs.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2025

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