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Recent Examples of hands-off
This is hands-off cooking at its finest.
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Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2026
When paired with our mostly hands-off oven-baked ribs, the sauce adds a fruity tang to each tender bite.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
The service On a recent off-season autumn stay a few weeks after opening, service felt friendly, low-key, knowledgeable—and fairly hands-off, mostly for the better.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
In a Facebook post, the center explained why intervention was necessary despite the usual hands-off approach with wild nests.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2026
When paired with our mostly hands-off oven-baked ribs, the sauce adds a fruity tang to each tender bite.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
The service On a recent off-season autumn stay a few weeks after opening, service felt friendly, low-key, knowledgeable—and fairly hands-off, mostly for the better.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
In a Facebook post, the center explained why intervention was necessary despite the usual hands-off approach with wild nests.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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That sky-high multiple is based on investors’ belief in Musk’s ambition to transform Tesla into an autonomous vehicle and robotics company that also makes EVs.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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It is built on the XPENG GX platform and engineered to L4 autonomous driving standards.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Jeffries first looked to California, where an independent commission had drawn a map that, in 2024, gave Democrats forty-three of the state’s fifty-two congressional seats.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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By the start of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman second season in the fall of 1976, the show had expanded to 125 independent markets, now putting it in front of a potential fifty-five million households.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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And Secrets suspects that a younger, noninterventionist crowd would have boosted Vance’s numbers.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Mar. 2026
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Does the beginning of this war tell us anything meaningful about the long-running battle between the interventionist and noninterventionist wings of American conservativism?—
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
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Available in four neutral shades designed to hide beneath a sheer skirt, these easy-to-slip-on shorts will save you from any wardrobe malfunctions.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2026
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Many employees have neutral (or negative) feelings about their email and chat applications.—
Eddy Azad,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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The commission’s principal assignment was to draft a state-of-the-art overview of international communication flows and to examine the desirability and feasibility of instituting a new global order as requested by the nonaligned developing countries.—
Stijn Joye,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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The United States’ incursion has split Latin America, with leaders aligned with President Donald Trump, mostly from the right, applauding the ouster, and nonaligned leaders condemning it on sovereignty grounds.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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Insurers looking to deny a claim because of war exclusions, typically must demonstrate that an attack was carried out by a sovereign government or under its direction or control.—
Contessa Brewer,Dawn Giel,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Even in the event of a return to prewar maritime traffic, Iran now views the strait as sovereign territory and as a primary source of strategic leverage.—
Dr. Robert Mogielnicki,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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That means unaffiliated voters could not participate in Tuesday’s election, despite recent legal efforts to change the system.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
20 May 2026
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Democrats and unaffiliated voters can vote for Democratic candidates.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
19 May 2026
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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