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backhand

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Definition of backhand

as in copperplate

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Recent Examples of backhand Wawrinka could live with the backhand-to-backhand exchanges that so few players could, and could even dominate them. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Kaprizov scored on a breakaway, lifting a backhand shot over a sprawling Daccord. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 When one child woke up, the prosecutor said, Xuan allegedly hit them with a backhand and ordered them to go back to sleep. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 From near the left dot, Boldy hammered home a no-look backhand pass by Kaprizov for a 5-2 lead late in the second period, leading to hats aplenty landing on the ice. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for backhand

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Noun

National Archives and Records Administration The exhibit features a number of historic papers, including an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, printed from a copperplate of the original.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor.

— Peter Saenger, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021

Definition of copperplate

Noun

Cabins away from the main house are rustic but comfortable, with Audubon prints, Native American artifacts, and William Morris wallpaper.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
The company capitalized on the ballet flat craze by offering the popular style in a full spectrum of colors, prints and customizable options.

— Justin Zacks, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of print

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Some look almost like handwriting, though there’s nothing to read.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Bahdanau was working with artificial neural networks, which had already shown promise in pattern-recognition tasks such as deciphering handwriting and identifying objects in photos.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of handwriting

Noun

The messages, scribbled on whatever scrap of paper a sender could find, often featured misspellings and shaky penmanship; many older residents of rural areas did not know how to read or write well, if at all.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Some handwriting experts wondered whether a lack of panache in penmanship was generational.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of penmanship

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The hot local labor market is running hand in hand with a hot property market.

— Claire Bushey and Peter Campbell, Ars Technica, 8 May 2023
The Great’s default mode is something close to nihilism, with violence and despair running hand in hand with opulence.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2021

Definition of running hand

Noun

According to The Information, Meta began developing a second version, Max 2, in September, with planned improvements to its hands, torso, and sensing capabilities.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
Mike Macdonald will want to keep this game in the hands of his defense rather than ask Sam Darnold to win a shootout.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

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