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free hand

noun

ˈfrē-ˈhand

Definition of free hand

as in authorization

the right to act or move freely gave him free hand in managing the club

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Recent Examples of free hand The direction – which was visibly obeyed – is nothing new for repeat attendees of Welch’s shows, who have endured the agony of a phone-free hand for two minutes. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 The 5-foot-7 junior showed slick moves to the basket and a nice shooting touch, aided by the referees’ unwillingness to whistle her for using her free hand to ward off defenders. — Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026 In the footage, Wang is moving slowly and supporting the child’s head and neck with his free hand. — Owen Clarke, Outside, 20 Jan. 2026 As the pair held hands, Nicov chatted with Penn, who was smoking with his free hand. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for free hand

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Noun

The Army Corps hopes to receive congressional authorization in 2028, with the construction window estimated to begin in 2032.

— Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Zero-trust measures can support continuous authentication and authorization for every agent action, while capabilities like policy as code can enforce deterministic execution and create machine-readable guardrails.

— Ismail Amla, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of authorization

Noun

This allows the 245-passenger vessel to smash through eight-feet-thick ice and explore the Earth’s extreme latitudes (including its northernmost point) that other ships cannot access.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Like many peatlands in the northern latitudes, the Glades developed as the last glacial period waned and the earth became warmer and wetter.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of latitude

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Long before those children reached upward, Palestinians had already learned to build freedom from whatever the occupation could not confiscate.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Only a filmmaker who had just won Oscars and made history would have been granted the artistic freedom to make this movie, arguably Bigelow’s finest.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of freedom

Noun

The tight ends can get back to blurring the run and the pass, with Stafford at the controls and Kyren Williams and Corum wearing defenses down between the tackles.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
American anti-immigrant politics consequently differs from the European version, remaining more closely bound to the Monroe Doctrine and its vision of hemispheric control.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

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