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Recent Examples of hands-off
But these are mostly hands-off landscape plants that add great texture and interest to gardens and patio containers, says Allan.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
While everyone was nice enough and ready to help when asked, the service is a bit more hands-off.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
Overnight Oats The most hands-off breakfast on this list, and one of the most adaptable.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Overnight Oats The most hands-off breakfast on this list.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
While everyone was nice enough and ready to help when asked, the service is a bit more hands-off.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
Overnight Oats The most hands-off breakfast on this list, and one of the most adaptable.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Overnight Oats The most hands-off breakfast on this list.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
Adjective
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Is it just achieved by human autonomy or can it also be achieved via a human being deploying an autonomous tool?—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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Hackers have already leveraged Anthropic’s tools to enable more sophisticated and autonomous attacks.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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No candidate has drawn even 20% of voters’ support in independent polling.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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But even a young woman struggling with the patriarchal conundrum of cool-girl syndrome (to be independent and accepted) might reveal more of a snappish turn of mind than Grace does.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Civale entered Tuesday’s game with close to neutral splits, though, so Boone opted for Rosario in a low-risk, high-reward possibility.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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With Ryan McMahon struggling and a neutral right-hander in Aaron Civale pitching for the Athletics on Tuesday, Aaron Boone decided to start the righty-swinging Amed Rosario at third base.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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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Donthi said India's tilt toward Russia dates back to the Cold War and persists despite its official nonaligned position.—
RAJESH ROY,
Arkansas Online,
6 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Epstein also claimed that the prince had asked that he be allowed to see details of legal structures, organization charts, goals and initiatives of the Saudi central bank, the royal purse and the country’s sovereign wealth fund, his emails to Al-Sabbagh’s aide show.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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More specifically, the capital is coming from Saudi Arabia’s PIF (public investment fund), L’Imad, an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, and QIA, a Qatar Investment Authority fund.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But Royal Caribbean blog, an unaffiliated news outlet, reports some voyages cost more than $200,000 a week for two people.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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Among unaffiliated voters, 39% approved, the poll shows.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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