handler

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Recent Examples of handler Having set up everything beautifully, the duo return to the rebel base where their handler — hi there, Sigourney Weaver — awaits them with a new mission. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026 Hadley’s workday starts whenever her handler Scott — whose job as a child life assistant involves keeping patients’ lives as normal as possible — arrives at the hospital. Laura Ungar, Fortune, 23 May 2026 At least one handler wore dangly rat earrings. Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026 Investigators later discovered WeChat messages between the men and their Chinese government handler had been deleted. Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for handler
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Noun
  • The alternative asset manager said that Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III exceeded its $10 billion target, with the fund raising more than double the amount of its predecessor vehicle.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The Club's central staircase is the sort that Bond might descend slowly in a dinner jacket alongside the American ambassador; these days guests rush up and down it in trainers.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Bilsen worked on set with systemic trainer and supervisor Ria Verlinden to unearth how many things are connected and can not be seen in isolation.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026

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“Handler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handler. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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