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Recent Examples of hands-off
This is the most hands-off option on the list.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
But governments in authoritarian and one-party states rarely take a hands-off approach — especially when the business belongs to a sitting president.
—Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
But with the ground rules in place, the Andon Labs team tries to be as hands-off as possible.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
Respect their autonomy while staying emotionally available Occasionally, in an effort to respect their adult child’s autonomy, parents will go in the opposite direction, by taking a totally hands-off approach to help their kids make choices and work through conflicts.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
But governments in authoritarian and one-party states rarely take a hands-off approach — especially when the business belongs to a sitting president.
—Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
But with the ground rules in place, the Andon Labs team tries to be as hands-off as possible.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
Respect their autonomy while staying emotionally available Occasionally, in an effort to respect their adult child’s autonomy, parents will go in the opposite direction, by taking a totally hands-off approach to help their kids make choices and work through conflicts.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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In a May 7 round of elections for local council seats in England and seats in the semi-autonomous legislatures of Wales and Scotland, Starmer's Labour Party lost big.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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The United Kingdom is sending autonomous mine-hunting equipment and anti-drone systems to the Strait of Hormuz, the British Ministry of Defence said.—
Sarah Tamimi,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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The following year, the City Council called for an independent commission to advise on overhauling the city’s criminal-justice system; it was chaired by Jonathan Lippman, a former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and Richards became a member.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Luckily these pests can be controlled with a natural spray of spinosad found in Bonide, Fertilome and Southern Ag brands of insecticides usually offered for caterpillar control at independent garden centers.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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And Secrets suspects that a younger, noninterventionist crowd would have boosted Vance’s numbers.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Mar. 2026
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Does the beginning of this war tell us anything meaningful about the long-running battle between the interventionist and noninterventionist wings of American conservativism?—
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
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Those ratings create an estimate of how many goals each team is expected to score and allow in a game against an average opponent at a neutral site.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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As for footwear, Queen Maxima opted for a pair of tan leather pointed toe pumps for a neutral addition to her springtime apparel, courtesy of Gianvito Rossi.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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The commission’s principal assignment was to draft a state-of-the-art overview of international communication flows and to examine the desirability and feasibility of instituting a new global order as requested by the nonaligned developing countries.—
Stijn Joye,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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The United States’ incursion has split Latin America, with leaders aligned with President Donald Trump, mostly from the right, applauding the ouster, and nonaligned leaders condemning it on sovereignty grounds.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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And certainly not a decision that is starting to look worse by the day as LIV's future no longer includes financial backing from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Witkoff and Kushner also met with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a top Kremlin envoy, earlier in March in Miami.—
Jennifer Hansler,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Majeed and Cunningham are now the only two unaffiliated lawmakers in the General Assembly.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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That said, the league is planning to expand to more unaffiliated franchises in the future, and this move could make MLS Next Pro a more attractive option for outside investment.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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