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  • noun Alternative spelling of playoff.

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Examples

  • Wasps are currently sixth in the Premiership, two points adrift of the title play-off places, although they made a Heineken Cup pool stage exit last month despite beating holders Toulouse in their final game.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Wasps are currently sixth in the Premiership, two points adrift of the title play-off places, although they made a Heineken Cup pool stage exit last month despite beating holders Toulouse in their final game.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • Despite lying 10th in the league, Leicester's victory over Gloucester last weekend left them only four points adrift of the title play-off zone.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

  • Newcastle can go top of the league by beating Fulham by four goals; new-era nemeses Tottenham and Man City resume rivalries but this time at opposite ends of the table; West Brom and Stoke play a game of football; Man Utd host Arsenal in what is a potential title play-off in August; and alongside that quartet, I'll also be bringing you the Championship latest, news of the finale of the Women's Super League and all the transfer news as it happens.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • His sensational putt from 60 feet on the 18th green at St Andrews in the 1995 Open to force a play-off with the eventual winner, John Daly, is one of the most memorable moments in major championship history.

    Constantino Rocca: La dolce vita for the man who tamed Tiger Woods Tom Kington 2010

  • He then showered, jumped in his courtesy car and watched the final hole of the play-off between Kaymer and Watson at the local airport.

    Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson add power to USA's Ryder Cup bid Lawrence Donegan 2010

  • At this early stage of the season, five clubs look like play-off material.

    Andy Hazell salutes Gloucester 'passion' in Premiership win over Wasps Paul Rees at Kingsholm 2010

  • It would certainly explain in part why the 31-year-old Watson took so long to win his first PGA Tour event, the 2010 Travelers Championship (he defeated his Ryder Cup captain, Corey Pavin, in a play-off).

    Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson add power to USA's Ryder Cup bid Lawrence Donegan 2010

  • If it did not quite atone for their Premiership final defeat to the Tigers last season, this result may well come in handy when the play-off permutations are calculated next May.

    Leicester turn air blue against Saracens in rage at referee exchange Robert Kitson at Vicarage Road 2010

  • The German negotiated a three-hole play-off like a chess grandmaster.

    Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson add power to USA's Ryder Cup bid Lawrence Donegan 2010

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