as in few
a small number
only a handful of people signed up for the wintertime hike
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Following his inauguration on January 20 Trump pardoned nearly all of these convicted over the involvement in the January 6 2021 storming of Congress by his supporters, though a handful only had their sentences commuted meaning they were also released from prison.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
In a year when chalk has been the name of the game – high seeds beating low seeds, with a handful of upsets – the prospect of an all-top-seeds Final Four looms.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
In a separate statement, the White House listed a handful of complaints and assertions made over the years against VOA regarding specific incidents and editorial judgments.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Disturbed is a regular fixture on a handful of Billboard charts these days.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
In a year when chalk has been the name of the game – high seeds beating low seeds, with a handful of upsets – the prospect of an all-top-seeds Final Four looms.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
In a separate statement, the White House listed a handful of complaints and assertions made over the years against VOA regarding specific incidents and editorial judgments.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Disturbed is a regular fixture on a handful of Billboard charts these days.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Handful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handful. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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