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Recent Examples of hands-off
While pulled pork alone normally takes hours to make, this easy stew will be ready in well under 2 hours, and is mostly hands-off too.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Cocaine production in Colombia has soared as the government takes a hands-off approach to coca cultivation, fueling a wave of violence across Latin America as cartels vie for control of trafficking routes.
—semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The assumption is that by-and-large, most vibe coding will be undertaken by a hands-off chunk of the world’s population and mainly be performed on an off-the-cuff basis.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
How hands-off or hands-on was Jordan Peele as a producer?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Cocaine production in Colombia has soared as the government takes a hands-off approach to coca cultivation, fueling a wave of violence across Latin America as cartels vie for control of trafficking routes.
—semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The assumption is that by-and-large, most vibe coding will be undertaken by a hands-off chunk of the world’s population and mainly be performed on an off-the-cuff basis.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
How hands-off or hands-on was Jordan Peele as a producer?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hands-off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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This demonstration highlights LimX Dynamics’ progress in embodied intelligence and autonomous motion while giving Oli a place in the list of highly agile and perceptive humanoid robots to look out for in the future.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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And the company is outfitting these facilities with high-tech equipment such as autonomous forklifts, to the tune of $200 million.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Oct. 2025
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Senator Angus King, who is independent but caucuses with the Democrats, also voted for the Republican bill on Tuesday.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The request Monday is to continue paying the salary for the coalition's two employees, as well as to allow the coalition to separate from Experience Fayetteville and become more independent.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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Conservatives emphasized a return to a noninterventionist policy.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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The federal probation department, considered a more neutral arbiter, recommended a sentence of 70 to 87 months in prison.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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The National Alliance to End Homelessness took a neutral position on the bill.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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And there were nonaligned countries: Brazil; Burma, now known as Myanmar; Ethiopia; India; Mexico; Nigeria; Sweden, which only joined NATO in 2024; and the United Arab Republic, now known as Egypt.—
Stephen Herzog,
The Conversation,
1 Aug. 2025
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With its diminished economic and cultural appeal hampering its ability to forge new partnerships, the United States risks allowing its adversaries to deepen their ties to nonaligned countries in ways that harm U.S. interests.—
Roger W. Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Jan. 2025
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And, in the case brought by Exxon, whether Cuban state companies can evade liability under the Helms-Burton Act by claiming foreign sovereign immunity.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Video game maker Electronic Arts is being acquired in a $55 billion deal with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Affinity Partners, and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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According to Axios Denver, 60 percent of those unaffiliated voters lean to the left, while the rest lean toward Republicans.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
24 Sep. 2025
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Audits and exits Brinkley’s time as interim chief will coincide with the beginning of a department audit and inspection ordered by the city and conducted by an unaffiliated third party organization.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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