as in victory
an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent
the judges' decision was unanimous: the palm would go to the pianist who had played an early piece by Chopin
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as in to wish
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers
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Recent Examples of palm
Sam Bloch
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Beyond it is a three-hectare haven of silvery olive trees, luxuriant Washingtonia palms, and lawns where peacocks wander freely.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
Both teams threatened with Mikel Merino’s header palmed away by Matz Sels and David Raya denying Chris Wood at the other end.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The trees were relocated to Disneyland, where the ficuses shaded Main Street, U.S.A., and the date palms became scenery for the Jungle Cruise.
—Sam Bloch
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Beyond it is a three-hectare haven of silvery olive trees, luxuriant Washingtonia palms, and lawns where peacocks wander freely.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Slicing this way makes the lemons easier to palm.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
Both teams threatened with Mikel Merino’s header palmed away by Matz Sels and David Raya denying Chris Wood at the other end.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palm
Noun
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On Monday, Madrid enters its first league test against Osasuna on the back of a 4-0 friendly victory over Austrian Bundesliga outfit WSG Tirol—a nice boost ahead of the real action.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Catcher Miguel Amaya had just returned from a nearly 12-week absence on Tuesday, but in Wednesday’s 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays, he was carted off the field after badly spraining his ankle and will require a stint on the injured list.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Shoda’s possible daughter behaves in ways both desperately longing and ruinously malevolent, and her antics come to symbolize the irreconcilable urges of political activists wishing to grow a collective political vision while succumbing to internal violence driven by individual ego.—
Jake Cole,
IndieWire,
18 Aug. 2025
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The bride-to-be also shared her wish to put on a little fashion parade on the big day by wearing not one but four dresses.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While Russia may be suffering a thousand casualties a day, the grim mathematics involved mean that Putin can take those losses and see the result as a win, because no amount of human suffering weighs in his calculus.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Because of rain and saturated fields, Monday games were postponed and the final was pushed back a day. Lake Mary, seeking to repeat its 2024 Little League World Series championship, is 3-0 in region play, including a 14-0 five-inning win against Irmo (3-1) on Sunday.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But then, in the quarter-finals, Arsenal inflicted a 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford to end the run.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Several of the wounds were inflicted while Stanton was on the ground.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Still, that’s hardly a hurdle for anyone motivated to pass off AI generated images as authentic.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Aug. 2025
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But these chatbots are also employed to quickly generate text from scratch, with some users passing off the words as their own.—
Roger J. Kreuz,
The Conversation,
30 July 2025
Verb
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The decision was obvious to American sports lawyers, given that American courts reached the same conclusion as to similar restraints imposed by its sports leagues decades ago.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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When Trump threatened to impose tariffs, the Mexican government made the concession of not just sending troops to the border and to cities like Culiacán, but of also allowing the U.S. military to fly in Mexican airspace.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The unique shape helps keep your palm off the table while offering a spot for your thumb to rest.—
Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
9 May 2025
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And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2023
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“Palm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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