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Recent Examples of high-handedness
Pay the bills As reported by the Sentinel’s Ryan Gillespie, the high-handedness came to a head last week.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-handedness
Noun
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Bridgeman doesn’t speak with arrogance but with a calm, aw-shucks confidence.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Chances are, whether that’s empowerment or arrogance depends on your take on Gu’s national representation.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Giving this White House another two years of unchecked power could lead to even more undemocratic schemes from a president who has shown a disdain for our electoral process and no interest in accountability.—
Eric H. Holder Jr,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2026
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These foldable travel slippers go back to the point about my grandma’s disdain for airplane bathrooms.—
Anna Popp,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Japanese macaques adhere to strict hierarchies, and displays of dominance are to be expected.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
23 Feb. 2026
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Head coaches come and go, yet those changes haven’t done a thing to quell the Los Angeles Football Club’s opening day dominance.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ted is a cartoon creep with an Oxbridge hauteur, but Theo’s shortcomings may be too subtly rendered for a play that cries out for more definition.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Charles de Gaulle ruled with hauteur and impatience, often alienating allies while imposing coherence on a fractured state.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Gartside seemed aware of a certain potential for racial condescension in his worship of Franklin and unsure of how to resolve it, struggling to offer an explanation that satisfied him of her role in the cosmology of Cupid and Psyche 85.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
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Just an approachable person without any pretension or condescension — just a true person.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Dec. 2025
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“High-handedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-handedness. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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