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Recent Examples of hands-off
Others are baked entirely on a sheet pan, making for warm, hands-off salads that are perfect for back-to-school season.
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Aug. 2025
Jerry Jones Lost $300,000 on a Coin Flip Near the end of Jones’ negotiations with previous Cowboys owner Bum Bright—who had largely been hands-off with the franchise—the two reportedly disagreed over who was responsible for a payment made while the deal was in its final stages.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
However, his The Pickup costar was more hands-off.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Grandmama advises a more hands-off approach, telling Morticia to give Wednesday space to grow.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Aug. 2025
Jerry Jones Lost $300,000 on a Coin Flip Near the end of Jones’ negotiations with previous Cowboys owner Bum Bright—who had largely been hands-off with the franchise—the two reportedly disagreed over who was responsible for a payment made while the deal was in its final stages.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
However, his The Pickup costar was more hands-off.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Grandmama advises a more hands-off approach, telling Morticia to give Wednesday space to grow.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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It is designed to enable operator decisions in real time, providing the human touch while teleoperating robotic systems and tasking them with complex autonomous functions.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Though many are optimistic over the long term if Musk can pull off a transformation of the company to focus more on autonomous driving, artificial intelligence and robotics.—
John Melloy,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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Charter schools are overseen by independent boards, overwhelmingly, like nonprofit boards of directors that manage the oversight and then follow all or most of the same government rules related to public schools.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Employers increasingly wonder whether campuses are cultivating independent thinkers or just cautious followers.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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As the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis documented, the press are often participants, not merely neutral observers, in the Israel-Islamist conflict.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stellar mass black holes are considered to be electrically neutral, and until now, primordial black holes were theorized to be the same.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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And there were nonaligned countries: Brazil; Burma, now known as Myanmar; Ethiopia; India; Mexico; Nigeria; Sweden, which only joined NATO in 2024; and the United Arab Republic, now known as Egypt.—
Stephen Herzog,
The Conversation,
1 Aug. 2025
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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
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Gulf states like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE could utilize their vast sovereign wealth funds to impose trade limitations on Israel.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund launched LIV in 2022 as a competitor to the PGA Tour.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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He is registered as an unaffiliated voter and does not appear to have a prior criminal record.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
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Robinson is registered as an unaffiliated voter and does not appear to have a prior criminal record.—
Eric Tucker,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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