as in easy
involving minimal difficulty or effort
after all that worrying, the game for the championship turned out to be a hands-down win
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as in definitely
without any question
she is hands down the most gifted musician in the class
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as in easily
without difficulty
she'll win the dancing competition hands down
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as in passes (down)
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as in kithes
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-down
Adjective
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Completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 made immigration into California and shipping produce out of the state much easier.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025 -
The Limitations Of Current AI Benchmarks Traditional AI benchmarks are structured to evaluate basic tasks, such as factual recall and fluency, which are easy to measure.—
Siobhan Hanna,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Adverb
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With today being the first official day of summer, things are definitely heating up.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
20 June 2025
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The Green Party candidate may have been responsible for Clinton losing in 2016 - and Ralph Nader was definitely responsible for Gore losing in 2000 (Nader won about 90K votes in Florida, most of which would have gone to Gore who lost state by fewer than 600 votes).—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Adverb
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Because the researchers had full access to all code changes the AI was making and the AI had no ability to alter this record, the researchers were easily able to see that the Darwin Goedel Machine was attempting to engage in this kind of deception.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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Unlike those other grand projects that are easily visible, this particular venture will affect a small number of people with the intention of having a nice impact on the school’s athletic department.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Building on the smooth R&B of her 2016 fan-favorite Lauren EP, Just Keke finds its narrative anchor in spoken word interludes that emphasize the album’s overarching variety show concept.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
25 June 2025
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Its smooth satin materiality makes the shoe easy to fold and travel-friendly, while ensuring a barefoot-like feel that not many other top white sneakers can secure.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
25 June 2025
Adverb
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Oscar Bobb generally gets far more assists than goals, too, but with those five players, as well as Rayan Cherki, City certainly have enough numbers for the wide roles, even if goals are not yet assured.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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There is no overlap between the play and Aira’s life; certainly there’s no anger against the dying of the light in Aira.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
Verb
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That philosophy informs every technology decision, from AI investments to platform upgrades.—
Peter High,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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And when someone from that organization informs him that no one has printed out the petition he’s supposed to present to the governor in mere hours, he’s just pissed.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But the system isn’t as simple as the governor suggests.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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For leaders, the takeaway is simple: let chaos strip the fluff away.—
Victoria Chynoweth,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025
Adverb
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If Newsom’s podcast supplied the most humiliating audio of the new Trump era, the most humiliating image was surely a photo of Whitmer physically hiding in the Oval Office as Trump signed orders to investigate a pair of first-term officials who went on to criticize him.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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At Bonwit, Edna surely works for Gene Moore, the window artist who came to work for Bonwit in 1945.—
John Birdsall
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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“Hands-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-down. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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