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Recent Examples of palm off
Lift your right palm off the ground and cross your torso to tap your left shoulder, then return your right hand to the ground.
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Jenessa Connor,
Health,
28 May 2026
While other firms have trimmed entry-level hiring as AI takes over the admin tasks normally palmed off to younger workers, EY is actively investing in early-career talent.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
The unique shape helps keep your palm off the table while offering a spot for your thumb to rest.
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Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
9 May 2025
However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.
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Shoaib Daniyal,
Quartz India,
21 Feb. 2021
Jenessa Connor,
Health,
28 May 2026
While other firms have trimmed entry-level hiring as AI takes over the admin tasks normally palmed off to younger workers, EY is actively investing in early-career talent.
—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
The unique shape helps keep your palm off the table while offering a spot for your thumb to rest.
—
Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
9 May 2025
However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.
—
Shoaib Daniyal,
Quartz India,
21 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palm off
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Individuals wishing to stay and work in the United States face difficult choices.
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Customers wished all the best for Smith, a dedicated father and chef.
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After Simmons-Hancock was dead, Parker performed a crude C-section on her body to remove the unborn child to pass off as her own.
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The Spurs fought back from a 14-point deficit to take the lead in the final minute of the fourth quarter, but with the game tied at 104, Victor Wembanyama threw a pass off an unaware teammate's back and Jalen Brunson stole the ball.
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These weapons of war are designed to inflict the maximum amount of carnage and destruction and have no place in our communities.
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However, experts caution the situation isn’t so simple, and while Ukraine has inflicted tangible damage, Russian resilience and logistical limitations mean the campaign has yet to pass into decisive territory.
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Instead of doubling down on a flawed system, policymakers can make gradual changes by introducing new tax categories in the existing framework and imposing taxes that correspond to the alcoholic content of that category.
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The question is whether Congress imposes clear rules on these deals before ad hoc dealmaking hardens into a permanent industrial policy run by the executive branch alone.
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Your potential clients are terrified of being sold the dream then fobbed off to a junior team member.
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Al-Amri, who had a shot denied by Uruguay's Fernando Muslera earlier in the first half, put his squad ahead with a quick tap-in after Muslera palmed away a header.
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Sibley, trying to get between Popov and his friends, made contact with the teen, palms out and open handed, and Popov stabbed him in the heart, Jafari said.
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“Palm off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm%20off. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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