HANDSELS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

handsels

noun

plural of handsel

as in gifts

something given to someone without expectation of a return gave little handsels to their houseguests on New Year's Day

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The lawsuit recruiters came to their town bearing gifts, several residents told The Times.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Both ideas were kind of expensive, so the three of us agreed to split the costs of both gifts.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2026

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The leader of the Reform UK party – which is topping most UK opinion polls – resigned as a member of parliament for Clacton-on-Sea, his constituency in southeast England, on Tuesday, amid mounting controversy over undeclared financial donations.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Your kid might be eligible for other donations Kids born before that window are not completely out of luck.

— Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 8 July 2026

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Vogue Business assessed the 64 shows and presentations published on Vogue Runway and contacted each brand to verify the findings (brands were given 48 hours to respond).

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 July 2026
Supported by a potent Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU, ample RAM, and a generous 1TB SSD, the OmniBook 7 can handle any massive data sets, lengthy presentations, and more while running several programs at once.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 4 July 2026

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