unhanding

verb

present participle of unhand
as in handing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhanding
  1. handing
  2. giving
  3. handing out
  4. turning over
  5. handing over
  6. giving up
  7. dropping
  8. rendering
Verb
  • After handing Powell her order, Thomas said, laughing, that moments like that had become common since opening the storefront.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation in a post on X, handing a major victory to the youth movement that spearheaded nationwide demonstrations, sit-ins and hunger strikes.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026
Definition of handing
Verb
  • The loss dropped the A’s to 45-63 and 10 games out of both the American League West lead and the final AL Wild Card spot, while giving the red-hot Red Sox (56-51) no worse than a split of the four-game series ahead of Thursday’s finale.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • Head coach Andy Reid and Mahomes could be seen giving Royals instruction after the play.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Definition of giving
Verb
  • The days of casually handing out nine-figure signing bonuses are likely over.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • The Kansas City People’s Choice Awards has become more than a night for handing out trophies.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Definition of handing out
Verb
  • Burbank has objected to turning over mixed-use lanes to the BRT, saying the regular traffic will back-up or spill over into nearby neighborhoods.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 20 July 2026
  • Kushner said the utility had cooperated with the investigation, turning over data and making PG&E staff available for interviews.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of turning over
Verb
  • Her parents weren’t so sure and convinced her to fly out to see the place in person before handing over any cash.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 July 2026
  • After falsely bending the knee to Daemon (Matt Smith), pretending to swear fealty to Rhaenyra, and handing over a decoy Daeron, Ormund decamped with his army to the unfortified market town of Tumbleton.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of handing over
Verb
  • When some people around us think that unification [with China] would be fine, that means giving up a pursuit that has lasted more than a hundred years.
    — Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 29 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Kara shared that her mother, an original cast member on RHOC, isn’t giving up.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Definition of giving up
Verb
  • Rather than dropping like a bomb with a ton of fanfare, Widow’s Bay premiered as a kind of curiosity.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2026
  • New episodes are dropping weekly on Thursdays through Sepember.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 25 July 2026
Definition of dropping
Verb
  • Simultaneously rendering the past less remote while relishing its radical foreignness, Beard presses readers to grapple with alien ideas, reckon with gaps in their knowledge, and confront complexity.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • New state-level AI laws face significant enforcement challenges, rendering many ineffective.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of rendering
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“Unhanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhanding. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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