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Recent Examples of palm off
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
And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
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
Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 9 May 2025
And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
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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The organization added that a true sign of atonement from Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, would be to refrain from antisemitism in the future, concluding their statement by wishing him well on his mental health journey.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Stacey also continues to advocate for diabetes visibility, and wishes to remind Kristy through this grapevine to re-up her generous annual contribution to support type 1 research.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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After a campaign marred by clashes at opposition rallies, and what the United Nations said was widespread repression and intimidation, voting passed off peacefully on Thursday.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
17 Jan. 2026
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The tie ultimately passed off without much incident.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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These miserable tiny insects inflict a vicious bite for two or three weeks.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Jan. 2026
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After pulling back, Ukrainian units conduct a series of drone, mortar, and artillery strikes against their former position, inflicting heavy casualties on the Russian forces now occupying it.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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They’ll be protected from the pressure Denver’s All-Pro defensive lineman Zach Allen and sack leader Nik Bonitto, a Pro Bowler, can impose on their offensive line.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Additional restrictions on who can get aboard a plane and inside a cockpit were imposed by the airlines and FAA after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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Your potential clients are terrified of being sold the dream then fobbed off to a junior team member.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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While attempting to film his daughter's dance, Miguel Angel Michel, 66, couldn't control his feet and eventually fobbed off his phone altogether, earning 4.2 million views on TikTok.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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The school also posted a picture of the center, who reportedly has a 7-4 wingspan, palming two basketballs on the program’s website.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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Major League Baseball wagged a finger with one hand and palmed gate receipts and a new TV deal in the other.—
Jeremy Collins,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Palm off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm%20off. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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