as in wished
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers
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Recent Examples of palmed
Joel Veltman grabbed the second equaliser in a 2-2 draw at West Ham in the final fixture of 2025 with a left-foot volley at the far post after an in-swinging corner from Ferdi Kadioglu was palmed straight to the Dutchman by West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Major League Baseball wagged a finger with one hand and palmed gate receipts and a new TV deal in the other.
—Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Andy Naylor, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Major League Baseball wagged a finger with one hand and palmed gate receipts and a new TV deal in the other.
—Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palmed
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Jordan—who seemed more fish than girl, her bobbed blonde hair tinted green as old pennies—walked with a confidence that Ana wished for her own daughter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Vitello might have wished that the Giants were playing under collegiate rules Saturday night.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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The damage inflicted on the UAE by Iran’s cheap Shahed drones has served as a wake-up call for the small Arab nation, exposing a gap in its air defense network.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2026
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The Americans had inflicted a significant cost on British forces, who suffered more than one hundred officers and a thousand regulars killed or wounded.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Verb
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If Congress does not act and benefits are cut, a person would receive more money for the rest of his or her life by having the reduction imposed at the higher level of benefits obtained by waiting to claim them.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Lasers theoretically reduce the cost per engagement to the electricity needed to fire them while also avoiding the magazine limits imposed by vertical launch cells.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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That’s partly come through TikTok trends, which have foisted her funny and personality-filled music into the spotlight.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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If her gait, as such, is being foisted on the audience for its box office appeal, permit me to suggest a reconsideration toward something more within the realm of natural.—
Joshua John Miller,
Vanity Fair,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Palmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palmed. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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