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Recent Examples of handful Apple seems to know that many people using Spotlight are using it exclusively with the keyboard, so everything here is meant to be doable with a handful of keyboard shortcuts and button presses. ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025 There were only a handful of teams not to have a moment to pay tribute to Kirk. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Mountains are usually bigger and much vaster, with a day of heli-skiing spanning many times the acreage of the biggest resorts, for just a handful of people. Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The surgery, which can take over 12 hours across two stages, is rare and performed by only a handful of specialists worldwide. Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for handful
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couple
Noun
  • The couple shared two children, a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son, according to posts on social media.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Earlier in the week, the couple attended the fourth annual Kering Foundation Caring for Women dinner—the most talked about NYFW benefit.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Handful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handful. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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