How to Use hands-off in a Sentence

hands-off

adjective
  • Regulators have largely taken a hands-off approach to AI during campaign season—and the consequences may be severe.
    Nathan E. Sanders, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Use the hands-off time to prep your drink and side salad.
    Sonja and Alex Overhiser, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • More hands-off than ice, this technique lets the freezer do the work.
    Ann Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Cook the homemade sauce a day or two in advance, and the rest of the recipe is mostly hands-off.
    Christopher Michel, Country Living, 4 May 2023
  • Snyder is a hands-off lender, this person says, and has had no say in the making of or the release of the film.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • The record company was hands-off and remained that way.
    Vulture, 31 July 2023
  • Staff at the zoo were hands-off during the process to give Zuri a quiet space during childbirth.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
  • Instead, try to have a more hands-off approach in these areas.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • Simmer the carcass with vegetable scraps in a pot on the stovetop, or use the Instant Pot for a faster, more hands-off process.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Schools could use the wide latitude the FCC leaves them to take a more hands-off approach to web filtering.
    Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
  • In a hands-off demo, the developers showed off the early parts of the campaign, which takes place in a home that’s about to be sold.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Best for: People who are new to budgeting or want a more hands-off approach.
    Kevin J. Ryan, wsj.com, 29 Dec. 2023
  • There’s also another, even more hands-off approach that will get the job done.
    Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Or for something more hands-off, try the iRobot Roomba 692, which cleans your floors without any elbow grease.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • But the somewhat fluid, hands-off approach has led to problems in some instances.
    Seamus Webster, Fortune, 10 June 2024
  • While pulled pork alone normally takes hours to make, this easy stew will be ready in well under 2 hours, and is mostly hands-off too.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2024
  • In this case, a more hands-off approach is probably fitting.
    Joseph Kimbrough, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The administration has maintained a hands-off approach to the protest.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
  • President Biden is taking a hands-off approach to the funding fight this time around, but a shutdown c ould force him to make one key change.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • For a more hands-off approach to composting, the Lomi Bloom is a splurge-worthy composter that can break down your food scraps with just the touch of a button.
    Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The agency’s hands-off approach dates back to an era when these tests were a relatively small, low-risk sector of the health care system.
    Anna Clark, ProPublica, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Their visions are largely aligned with how their parties' value hands-on and hands-off policies.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The business owner stressed that the hands of police are tied from doing much to deter the crime and argued that politicians in the city have taken a hands-off approach.
    Emma Colton, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • For investors who want a more hands-off approach to investing, a robo advisor could be the best option.
    Mallika Mitra, wsj.com, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But, more recently (and after much debate) states like Utah have passed laws in favor of the hands-off parenting style.
    Lauren Pardee, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Safe Ground Sacramento, which leases the property from the city for free, takes a hands-off approach that lets residents run the camp and write their own rules.
    Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Initially, the government took a hands-off approach to deal with the rollercoaster ride of exchange rates.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The state needs to end its hands-off approach and set clear guidelines so new beds are allocated to the neediest clients, not those from counties that pay more.
    Alex Barnard, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy got a hands-on — well, hands-off — demonstration.
    Joanna Nelius, The Verge, 5 Sep. 2024
  • As publisher, Gaines created a hands-off atmosphere that let his creative team of artists’ freak flags fly.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024

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