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Recent Examples of palm off
Lift your right palm off the ground and cross your torso to tap your left shoulder, then return your right hand to the ground.
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Jenessa Connor,
Health,
28 May 2026
While other firms have trimmed entry-level hiring as AI takes over the admin tasks normally palmed off to younger workers, EY is actively investing in early-career talent.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
The unique shape helps keep your palm off the table while offering a spot for your thumb to rest.
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Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
9 May 2025
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.
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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.
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Shoaib Daniyal,
Quartz India,
21 Feb. 2021
Jenessa Connor,
Health,
28 May 2026
While other firms have trimmed entry-level hiring as AI takes over the admin tasks normally palmed off to younger workers, EY is actively investing in early-career talent.
—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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
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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Those who wish to remain anonymous can contact Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
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Those wishing to attend the events will need to pass through magnetometers and bag-checks, officials said.
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After Simmons-Hancock was dead, Parker performed a crude C-section on her body to remove the unborn child to pass off as her own.
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The Spurs fought back from a 14-point deficit to take the lead in the final minute of the fourth quarter, but with the game tied at 104, Victor Wembanyama threw a pass off an unaware teammate's back and Jalen Brunson stole the ball.
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Yet meaningful change has been slow to materialize, souring views of Starmer’s premiership and inflicting heavy losses on the Labour Party in local government elections in May, which virtually sealed his fate.
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Minnesota is among the states with a history of forcibly removing Indigenous children from their families and subjecting them to years in boarding schools that aimed to erase Native cultures, inflicting centuries of intergenerational trauma.
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My eyes darted back and forth, trying to grasp the imposing silhouette in its entirety.
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The filing, submitted in the San Diego County Superior Court, seeks a judge’s order to condemn and destroy the embargoed kratom products, halt ongoing unlawful manufacturing and impose civil penalties.
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Whether out of pride, ideological zeal or an instinct to haggle for even the tiniest advantage, Iranian leaders will be tempted to stall — to drag out negotiations, fob off the U.S. with flashy promises and try to trip up their American counterparts in highly technical details.
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Your potential clients are terrified of being sold the dream then fobbed off to a junior team member.
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Al-Amri, who had a shot denied by Uruguay's Fernando Muslera earlier in the first half, put his squad ahead with a quick tap-in after Muslera palmed away a header.
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Sibley, trying to get between Popov and his friends, made contact with the teen, palms out and open handed, and Popov stabbed him in the heart, Jafari said.
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“Palm off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm%20off. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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