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Recent Examples of palm off
And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.
—Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 21 Feb. 2021
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.
—Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 21 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palm off
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Some fans might wish Eric Bieniemy headed elsewhere after a debut season in which the offensive coordinator’s running game produced just four touchdowns and an average of 86.6 yards per game, the latter statistic ranking No. 130 out of 133 major college teams.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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At least that's the prevailing narrative after Travis Kelce wished Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen congratulations after their engagement.David Oliver, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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The film’s last half-hour collapses into an unfunny, extended appearance by that aforementioned legacy artist — the kind of star cameo that The Simpsons often succumbs to these days, passing off a famous person playing themselves as the height of comedy.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Shopping secondhand isn’t the same as re-gifting (like passing off last week’s ugly sweater to someone else).Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
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Today, more than four decades after the fall of the dictatorship, the pervasive and unresolved trauma inflicted by that period is evident in many forms across Argentina.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Argentina’s retirees are perhaps the most potent symbol of the strife inflicted by Mr. Milei’s fiscal shock.Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rhee, who was president for 12 years, would impose it again in 1952.Chandelis Duster, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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Facing political stonewalling and declining popularity, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to impose martial law this week – and failed spectacularly.Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2024
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But despite previous transparency around the cost-cutting measures, employees inquiring about how the budget cuts have impacted their performance review will now be fobbed off.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
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Most chose instead to fob off the hard decisions to central bankers.William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
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Pick something that looks tasty and slightly intimidating and clumsily palm some chopsticks.Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2024
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Even his tattoos are a conspicuous map of his touchstones: a portrait of Stevie Wonder, a hand palming a basketball printed with THE WORLD IS YOURS, an illustration related to the 1976 blaxploitation film The Human Tornado.Connor Garel, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Palm off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm%20off. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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