hands-off

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Recent Examples of hands-off Recent public statements and personal connections with futures trading providers suggest the agency will not crack down, instead taking a more hands-off approach. Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Mar. 2025 On the plus side, the cooking process for a leg of lamb is fairly hands-off. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025 For hands-off investors, dividend ETFs can offer diversified exposure to income-generating stocks. Gianluca Sidoti, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Want to take a hands-off approach to spring cleaning? Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hands-off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
Adjective
  • Trump's ambitions aren't far-fetched, according to an international relations expert who told ABC News that there are some avenues in which the U.S. could realistically acquire the autonomous Danish territory.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Among the company’s strengths is the potential to actually benefit from the rise of autonomous vehicles, Cramer said, instead of losing out, as some investors have feared.
    Julie Coleman, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The government insists the judiciary is independent, but critics say the evidence in Imamoglu's case is based on secret witnesses and lacks credibility.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Donald Trump can – for now – remove Democratic members from two federal labor boards, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, handing the Republican president a victory in his efforts to bring independent federal agencies under his control.
    Daniel Wiessner, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Gators are relentless on both ends, and Maryland saw first-hand the challenge of playing a national title contender on a neutral floor.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
  • These projections estimate how many points a team would score and allow in a game against an average opponent on a neutral court.
    Austin Mock, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With its diminished economic and cultural appeal hampering its ability to forge new partnerships, the United States risks allowing its adversaries to deepen their ties to nonaligned countries in ways that harm U.S. interests.
    Roger W. Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2025
  • But there is precedent suggesting Trump understands the importance of nonaligned countries in the competition with China.
    Colin H. Kahl, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That agreement recognizes the Pacific archipelago as a sovereign nation that conducts its own foreign policy but gives the U.S. control over defense and security.
    Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This imperils not only American democracy but also other democratic sovereign nations.
    Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Democrats and unaffiliated voters also made up the majority of those whose ballots were challenged, per the N&O, while Republicans made up just 22%.
    Lucille Sherman, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
  • These elections would potentially include voters from the party controlling the vacant seat and unaffiliated voters (but exclude voters from other parties).
    Bob Marshall, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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