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Recent Examples of palm off
And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.
—Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 21 Feb. 2021
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.
—Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 21 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palm off
Verb
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Brown's remaining living daughter, Phyllis Denise wished her mother a happy 71st birthday in a Facebook post in 2021.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The other, the Ukrainian president said, wished to return home.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the third period, Pettersson hit Boeser with a sweet east-west pass off the rush.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Canadians passed off the comment as a joke, but Trump has continued to play up the dig, including in a post Tuesday morning on Truth Social.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
25 Dec. 2024
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There was nothing in the news release about renewable energy or the harms inflicted by climate change — such as the fires that tore through Los Angeles County last month, which scientists say were worsened by fossil fuels.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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New Orleans may not have soccer, but its bond with the NFL and major U.S. sports events runs deep, as emphasized following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, when almost 1,400 people died and severe economic damage was inflicted on the city.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The United States has imposed tough restrictions that are designed to prevent Chinese firms from buying or building their own cutting-edge computer chips required to train AI models.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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This would subject them to new restrictions that the regulator can impose under the DMCC to prevent anti-competitive behavior.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But despite previous transparency around the cost-cutting measures, employees inquiring about how the budget cuts have impacted their performance review will now be fobbed off.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2023
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Most chose instead to fob off the hard decisions to central bankers.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
10 Sep. 2021
Verb
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Pick something that looks tasty and slightly intimidating and clumsily palm some chopsticks.—
Bradley Hohulin,
The Indianapolis Star,
27 Sep. 2024
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Even his tattoos are a conspicuous map of his touchstones: a portrait of Stevie Wonder, a hand palming a basketball printed with THE WORLD IS YOURS, an illustration related to the 1976 blaxploitation film The Human Tornado.—
Connor Garel,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2024
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“Palm off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm%20off. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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