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Recent Examples of hands-off
Some of the same people say Preller has been more hands-off the last two seasons with manager Mike Shildt.
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Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Smart pill dispensers prevent risky mistakes Even with phone apps and reminders, some people prefer a hands-off solution.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
This way of thinking, however, leads companies to take a very hands-off approach to press coverage.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
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.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
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Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Smart pill dispensers prevent risky mistakes Even with phone apps and reminders, some people prefer a hands-off solution.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
This way of thinking, however, leads companies to take a very hands-off approach to press coverage.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
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.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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The push for fully autonomous systems, agents that plan, reason, and act without human oversight, has created an automation theater where demos impress, but production systems disappoint.—
Joel Hron,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Larger mushroom systems could find applications in edge computing and aerospace exploration, while smaller iterations might enhance autonomous systems and wearable devices.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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There aren’t many tours available, so an excursion to the castle is most likely going to be an independent adventure.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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However, as China ruthlessly pursues independent innovation, domestic substitution of imports has become a policy priority to ensure tech self-sufficiency in critical industries.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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Conservatives emphasized a return to a noninterventionist policy.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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Available in 18 neutral and vibrant colors, the crossbody purse has received no shortage of rave reviews.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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For a more neutral option, Walmart has grey, black, brown and tan draft stoppers.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
24 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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So, in the UAE, we're partnered with Abu Dhabi, and there's two funds that have invested Mubadala, which is one of the sovereign wealth funds and IHC, another one of the sovereign wealth funds.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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More recently, the firm advised the government on many of its international bond sales and helped finance the sovereign wealth fund’s $55 billion purchase of Electronic Arts.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Gooneral’s attendees didn’t care that Malone was, from all available evidence, not a gooner at all but rather an unaffiliated, lone-wolf pervert.—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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How many Vandy hoodies and baseball caps and #2 jerseys are now being worn by the otherwise unaffiliated football fan as opposed to, say, a med school alumnus?—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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