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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handsel
Noun
  • Well, there was a real gift from the writers as far as that monologue was concerned.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Take a look at your holiday gift wrap, gift bags, bows, and ribbons.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the poultry came from a donation that hardly made up for the 74,000 pounds of chicken that never arrived in June.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But meeting minutes from October of last year obtained by the Herald/Times showed a $10 million donation from an unknown source.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For another, there’s the DESI data, our best large-scale structure data at present, which seems to slightly favor the presence of evolving (and, in particular, decaying or weakening) dark energy.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Holding a bottle of wine and an armful of kiddie presents.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The video room has therefore become a crucial theatre, underlined by Arteta consulting educational experts to ensure his presentations were illustrated in the optimal way for players to absorb the information.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Spark comfortably answers questions and generates striking graphical presentations—at least on subjects deemed acceptable by Chinese authorities.
    Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Handsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handsel. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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