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Recent Examples of free hand
Hathaway holds onto her belongings with her free hand.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
However, while the auditor has a relatively free hand to examine state agencies, Missouri law restricts the ability of the auditor to initiate audits of municipalities.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
An emergency declaration would allow him to tax imports with a relatively free hand.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
In the ring, a rider must stay mounted on the bull, using one hand to hold the rope, for eight seconds to qualify, with their free hand raised in the air.
—Ellen Wulfhorst, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
However, while the auditor has a relatively free hand to examine state agencies, Missouri law restricts the ability of the auditor to initiate audits of municipalities.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
An emergency declaration would allow him to tax imports with a relatively free hand.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
In the ring, a rider must stay mounted on the bull, using one hand to hold the rope, for eight seconds to qualify, with their free hand raised in the air.
—Ellen Wulfhorst, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free hand
Noun
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The government is also now appealing to the public to help find and deport people in the country without authorization.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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And the bar’s takeover last summer was not exactly legal: It had been permitted for sidewalk seating and got a summons for using the street without authorization.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Researchers analyzed more than 50 avian fossils unearthed in northern Alaska—including bones from embryos and hatchlings—and found evidence that birds have been nesting at Arctic latitudes since at least 73 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
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The possibility of displays of the aurora borealis at more southerly latitudes comes from a spike in solar activity, which is currently at a 23-year high due to the current solar maximum period.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Today, as a wealth planning advisor, freedom for most is financial freedom.—
Gabriel Shahin,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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The freedoms guaranteed in our Constitution — freedom of speech, freedom from want and fear, freedom of worship, freedom to vote — are under attack.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Through these House rules, the speaker wields nearly absolute control over the legislative process.—
Matt Paprocki,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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In the latter, the Communist Party had taken a percentage ownership in private companies as well as control over government board seats and voting power, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2023.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
17 June 2025
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Our view is the opposite: Like all laws, CEQA derives its social license from its good-faith application.—
Daniel Yost,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
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An Art Deco–era skyscraper (far enough from the Grand Mosque that it has been granted a liquor license, unlike its only neighborhood rival, the Four Seasons) was rebuilt from the ground up over eight years.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
13 June 2025
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“Free hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free%20hand. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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