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Recent Examples of hands-off
Owner Scott Malkin has been hands-off with Lou Lamoriello, but now Malkin needs to choose a new path.
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Scott Powers, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
For things like casseroles, soups, and stews, a handful of crackers on top of the dish can often deliver that enticing crunch, but often, we’re left feeling like these hands-off meals are missing a little something.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to the chronic depletion of the nation’s aquifers.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The state generally takes a hands-off approach to regulating groundwater pumping and exempts mines from the same long-term sustainability requirements imposed in urban developments, including Tucson.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Scott Powers, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
For things like casseroles, soups, and stews, a handful of crackers on top of the dish can often deliver that enticing crunch, but often, we’re left feeling like these hands-off meals are missing a little something.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to the chronic depletion of the nation’s aquifers.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The state generally takes a hands-off approach to regulating groundwater pumping and exempts mines from the same long-term sustainability requirements imposed in urban developments, including Tucson.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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Read More: Without Indigenous History, There Is No U.S. History The Agua Caliente reservation, like other Native American and Cahuilla reservations, was ostensibly an autonomous space where the Tribe would have sovereignty over its own affairs and could conduct self-governance.Michael Albertus, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
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The team plans to do attempt a new high-speed record with an autonomous MC20 Coupe at Cape Canaveral at the end of February.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Each fellow received a grant and mentorship to launch an independent creative project.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
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The former legislative seat of a newly independent Ukraine, this national icon was severely damaged by a missile blast in 2022, highlighting war's impact on heritage and the power of preservation to catalyze healing.Neda Ulaby, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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If the home cannot be accessed, individuals may meet the inspector in a neutral location.Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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In Arteta’s pragmatic mind, every tactic is just a neutral tool to achieve a particular aim.Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Attempts at pressure could backfire and convince some countries, including Brazil and Colombia, to deepen their ties with Beijing and other nonaligned groups such as BRICS, the partnership whose first members were Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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The nonaligned Global South rising powers—which, along with China and Russia, are members of BRICS—are countries to pay attention to.Ray Dalio, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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That is denial of the consequences of excessive sovereign debt -- our own, or that of other lands.Amity Shlaes, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
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For O’Neil, the advantages of joining LIV outweigh the concerns often relayed about sports properties under the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s $700 billion sovereign wealth fund that has been roundly criticized for claims of sportswashing.Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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According to the latest Religious Change in America study by the Public Religion Research Institute, the only major religious category experiencing growth in the country is the religiously unaffiliated.Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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As of fall 2013, 57% of the voters blocked from registering were unaffiliated and 40% were under 30.John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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