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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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Snow, slush and messy weather can challenge autonomous vehicles in ways sunny streets cannot.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Designed for operation in complex real-world environments, Dyno integrates a sophisticated AI system with a highly responsive sensor suite that enables autonomous navigation, situational awareness, and human-robot interaction.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Cepeda has advocated for a more independent foreign policy and greater Latin American integration, while right-wing candidates Abelardo de la Espriella and Paloma Valencia have argued for closer alignment with Washington on security and economic issues.—
Sebastian Jimenez,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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Local businesses, such as independent coffee shops, small law or accounting firms, boutique fitness studios, and neighborhood landscaping companies, often have job openings.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
31 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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Rooms vary in size and color palette but all offer soft rugs, silk throws, a neutral but warm color scheme with accent colors like purple, floral bouquets, and large beds just asking to be jumped on.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Their angel approached with an easy and neutral expression on his face.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 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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Gulf SWFs ramp up spending despite Iran war Against the backdrop of the Iran war, Gulf sovereign wealth funds have stepped up dealmaking over the last few months–with the five biggest funds collectively investing nearly $26 billion at a higher deployment pace than over the previous five years.—
Alyson Shontell,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Today, the fund is the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, holding and profiting from more than $2 trillion in stocks, bonds, infrastructure and real estate.—
Ola Morris Innset,
The Dial,
2 June 2026
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Colorado voters who are unaffiliated can pick which primary to cast their ballot in.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
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When the primary was held in mid-May, only Republican voters - or unaffiliated voters who opted for a GOP ballot - were eligible to weigh in, precluding Cassidy from benefitting from crossover support.—
Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
30 May 2026
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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