as in direct
actively and personally involved in something
Supervisors at the company are expected to take a hands-on role in the projects of their subordinates.
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Recent Examples of hands-on
Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
One candid photo showed the little one walking Kourtney Kardashian is quite literally a hands-on mama.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 June 2025
The herd drives are part ranch tourism, part hands-on horse training.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
The program uses hands-on methods to equip students and teachers with the resources needed to learn basic science and engineering concepts such as tool safety, technical applications, problem solving and team work.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Little Makers Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands This English-speaking kids atelier offers hands-on art workshops throughout the year and launched its first half- and full-day summer camp options this summer, geared toward kids ages 3 to 10 years old.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
One candid photo showed the little one walking Kourtney Kardashian is quite literally a hands-on mama.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 June 2025
The herd drives are part ranch tourism, part hands-on horse training.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
The program uses hands-on methods to equip students and teachers with the resources needed to learn basic science and engineering concepts such as tool safety, technical applications, problem solving and team work.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-on
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Kristi Williams, a community activist and direct descendant of the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, launched the program in response to state efforts to restrict the teaching of race and Black history in schools.—
Kristal Brent Zook,
Essence,
16 June 2025
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The unprecedented firing of the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a direct threat to American health.—
Tom Frieden,
Time,
16 June 2025
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Since the show's conclusion, Zoe has remained active in the fashion and lifestyle space, in part through her newsletter The Zoe Report, which launched in 2009.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Flood watches were active through the morning across parts of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas, according to the National Weather Service.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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The major-party candidates in the race for governor are already set; neither faced a serious primary challenge.—
Margaret Barthel,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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They will be required to start recording the boxes on the first day absentee ballots are issued for an election or primary and continue recording until the town clerk retrieves the last ballots.—
Gabby DeBenedictis,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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“Hands-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-on. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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