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as in to pass (down)
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as in to kithe
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Recent Examples of hand down
Testing notes: Ouidad's Advance Climate Control line is one of my favorite collections—hands down—for styling my curls (the gel is incredible).
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Aimee Simeon, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2025
Ahead of Combs' sentencing, the Grammy-winning rapper's legal team had recommended Subramanian hand down 14 months of prison time, while prosecutors sought an 11-year sentence.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The outlet also reported that the league handed down fines of $1,000 to Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon and Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White, respectively.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Now, was that message — delivered in an expletive-laden two minutes of postgame comments — worth the martyrdom that came in the form of a Game 4 suspension handed down by the WNBA on Saturday for the Lynx coach?
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
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Aimee Simeon, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2025
Ahead of Combs' sentencing, the Grammy-winning rapper's legal team had recommended Subramanian hand down 14 months of prison time, while prosecutors sought an 11-year sentence.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The outlet also reported that the league handed down fines of $1,000 to Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon and Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White, respectively.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Now, was that message — delivered in an expletive-laden two minutes of postgame comments — worth the martyrdom that came in the form of a Game 4 suspension handed down by the WNBA on Saturday for the Lynx coach?
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand down
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Nevertheless, slinging the ball around to a bunch of no-names, Mayfield willed the Bucs to a 30-19 win over the 49ers, throwing for 256 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Oct. 2025
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His birth overshadowed by his family’s greatest tragedy, Daniel found succor in movies and willed himself into the dreamworld of Hollywood.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Guadagnino had noted to Piersanti that Alma was an upper-class woman, which informed the wardrobe pricing, while Maggie, played by Edebiri, was trying to emulate Alma but on a younger woman’s budget.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Few figures have informed the sensibility of NPR more than Stamberg.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
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Parents can now get notified if their child is showing signs of acute distress, for instance.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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And without notifying the child’s parents or obtaining their consent.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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No injuries were reported from the incident, which took place in an area where the highway patrol had stopped traffic during the live fire exercise at Camp Pendleton, the agency said in a statement Sunday.—
Susannah Cullinane,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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Local media has reported that Hong Kong's Government Flying Service deployed helicopters above the affected runway, and Fire Services Department vessels also assisted with the rescue operations.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Politically, the affluence manifested in Long Island establishing itself as a bastion of the Republican Party, showing strong support for Hoover in his doomed Presidential campaign against Roosevelt.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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And that goodness manifests in his decision to save Eleven in that season’s final battle.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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Laurent Freixe was dismissed for failing to disclose a romantic relationship with a direct subordinate, which breached Nestlé’s code of business conduct.—
Ana Nicolaci da Costa,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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However, with the rise of complex multi-physics scenarios in new energy, smart vehicles, and semiconductors in recent years, legacy CAE architectures have begun to reveal their limitations.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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According to the Associated Press, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods revealed that deputies responded to at least six incidents between the two women from January 2021 through June 2023.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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The acclaimed independent filmmaker, who has also taught film at Bard College for nearly two decades, spoke to Vogue last week about the noteworthy events at the edge of the action, the artist who inspired Mooney’s wardrobe, and the materials that apprised O’Connor of 1970 America.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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The fountain’s ninety-six-year-old creator was not apprised of the work’s impending destruction but instead was alerted by his children, who had read about it online.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
16 Oct. 2025
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