hand in

verb

Definition of hand innext
as in to turn in

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Recent Examples of hand in Prosecutors said Wolfe shut Valarie's hand in the door of her Acura and then dragged her and Edna down the street. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Pasta and ambiance go hand in hand at Met Him At A Bar, and the click of heat from the Amatriciana matches the bustling atmosphere on a Friday night. — Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 30 July 2026 Our whole team is working hand in hand every day to build the new foundation for our Festival with our incredible partners in Boulder. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 29 July 2026 After sustaining a broken hand in training camp that year, Gill was eventually forced to recover elsewhere before returning to Bank of America Stadium for a 10-game stretch. — Mike Kaye july 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hand in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand in
  1. turn in
  2. submit
  3. relinquish
  4. will
  5. hand down
  6. dispense
Verb
  • Pattern of collisions on high-speed road The block of Sheldon Road where Kaur turned in front of Lopez appears safer than the intersections that bookend it, where clusters of crashes have occurred.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Pierce is best known for his Emmy Award-winning performance in Frasier and Broadway turns in Pirates!
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of turn in
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  • Drop it off in person Regardless of what the Supreme Court decides, states have been working to educate voters about submitting ballots by mail earlier or returning them in drop boxes all year.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Everything submitted in Spanish must be accompanied by a translation into English that must be done by a person, not an automatic online translator.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of submit
Verb
  • The defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers may have to relinquish their title to the surging Atlanta Braves.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The big headline coming out of Santa Clara was Kyle Shanahan’s July car accident and the resulting head injury that’s forced him to relinquish head coaching duties until he’s fully cleared from concussion symptoms.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of relinquish
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  • Since his siblings were crying with the same mournful expression, clinging to their father’s corpse, Shoichiro willed himself to cry too, and the tears came immediately.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The usual advice is to stop counting, as though the tally were a character flaw to be willed away.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of will
Verb
  • Mafe rarely put his hand down in Seattle, almost always rushing standing up on the outside.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This setup, wherein a group of arbiters hide behind a curtain like the Wizard of Oz and hand down decisions that inflict generational trauma on entire countries, almost feels purposefully built to invite all sorts of wild speculation.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
Definition of hand down
Verb
  • Instead, the provider manages gas sourcing, compression, transportation, storage, and dispensing through a single service.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Utilities use them to trip the opening or closing of valves when water levels reach a certain threshold or to dispense precise amounts of chlorine in the treatment process.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispense

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