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hands down

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adverb

hands down

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hand down

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hands down
Adverb
For the dip enthusiasts, this is a hands-down crowdpleaser. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025 But all these years later, Nintendo has finally beat Midway to it, and to be honest, DKB is probably my favorite game of 2025, hands-down. Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 How to Get Around Renting a car is hands-down the easiest way to explore the peninsula. Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025 But the hands-down star of the museum’s largest show space is the de Havilland DH106 1A Comet. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands down
Adjective
  • Old-school phishing emails were easy to spot because of typos and bad grammar.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • While allowed, breaking away from it would not be easy for Pennsylvania—or any other state which is currently served by it.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Anyone who gets into that position has definitely earned it.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • While destinations like Iceland, Norway, and Greenland attract travelers with unparalleled views of the aurora borealis, there are plenty of places Americans can spot the natural wonder closer to home—including some that definitely haven’t been on your For You Page.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Antoine Semenyo’s finish did come as part of a counter-attacking sequence, but the 25-year-old was able to get across Robertson too easily before converting first time from a David Brooks cross from the left flank.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Mahagonny presents a parable that could easily translate across in space and in time, but The Silver Lake, with Weill’s music and a libretto by Georg Kaiser, specifically focuses on the condition of Germany in the twilight of the Weimar Republic.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Don’t be fooled by its smooth feel, though.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Homemade versions almost always skew watery, more like soup than a thick, smooth mash.
    Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The 500% tariff on any country buying Russia’s energy exports proposed in the Sanctioning Russia Act – introduced with bipartisan support in the US Congress but not yet brought to a vote – would certainly be one, argues Ash, an associate fellow in Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia program.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • As an actor, Fabrizio was certainly the right person.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • His escape did not go as smoothly as the others.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Your dishwasher is one hardworking tool for keeping your home running smoothly.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These sequences feel so siloed off that the misery never informs the majesty, and vice versa.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The lack of an application makes for great stories when the MacArthur Foundation informs people they have been selected.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Strufe adds that while intelligence agencies or cybercriminals have simpler ways to monitor people – such as accessing CCTV cameras or video doorbells – the widespread presence of wireless networks could eventually form a near-comprehensive surveillance infrastructure.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The simplest way to find influential people in a network is called degree centrality—just count the number of connections for each person.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Hands down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands%20down. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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