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Recent Examples of hands-off
Carbajal’s father, Inocencio Carbajal Rojas, or more fondly referred to as El Güero, is more hands-off these days, having put in decades of work in the kitchen and beyond.
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Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Rely on simple, hands-off strategies like withdrawing only dividends and interest, basing calculations on your current lifestyle, or pulling just your RMDs.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
Trump has taken a hands-off approach to regulating AI since retaking office, but members of his administration got spooked and began recommending safety testing after Anthropic flagged cybersecurity risks with its latest model, Mythos.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
Despite many of these games using similar concepts from CBS' Survivor, the network has taken a largely hands-off approach to the players.
—Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
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Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Rely on simple, hands-off strategies like withdrawing only dividends and interest, basing calculations on your current lifestyle, or pulling just your RMDs.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
Trump has taken a hands-off approach to regulating AI since retaking office, but members of his administration got spooked and began recommending safety testing after Anthropic flagged cybersecurity risks with its latest model, Mythos.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
Despite many of these games using similar concepts from CBS' Survivor, the network has taken a largely hands-off approach to the players.
—Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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At May Mobility, Olson said that involves installing systems in autonomous cars that are capable of simulating and assessing various scenarios simultaneously and choosing the best option.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired Cursor, an autonomous coding startup for $60 billion in an all-stock deal, allowing the space exploration and AI company to compete against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI after its Wall Street debut last week.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Production was structured along radically independent lines.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Aside from best film, Sivaci won best director while Erdener shared best actress prize with Italian actress Greta Scarano for her performance in social romcom Piccolo Miracolo, as a fiercely independent blind woman who finds love in an unaccepted place.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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Rubio’s more traditional, interventionist posture has put him front and center on issues such as Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba, while Vance has in the past been more closely associated with the party’s noninterventionist wing.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Conservatives emphasized a return to a noninterventionist policy.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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Native materials, like Caballero white marble from the north coast, run throughout the property, giving it a sandy, neutral appearance.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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With a color palette featuring hues of Sun-Drenched Pink, Sandy Beige, Black and White, Alo said the Summer Atelier line was created for ease of wear, seasonal neutral colors and fabric selections for a summer escape.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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These are hedging strategies adapted to today’s more fragmented international order, while the older divide separated aligned states from nonaligned states.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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In other systems, media avoid particular partisan entanglements and present themselves to audiences as providers of neutral information to a nonaligned public.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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The European Union is studying the deal’s financial backing from three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, according to a public filing.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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Meanwhile, the European Commission is investigating the deal under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation, looking at the approximately $24 billion being fronted for the takeover by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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And for the first time since 2018 — the first election season where unaffiliated voters could participate in party primaries — both parties have contests for statewide office.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
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That means unaffiliated voters could not participate in Tuesday’s election, despite recent legal efforts to change the system.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
20 May 2026
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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