as in wished
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers
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Recent Examples of palmed
Major League Baseball wagged a finger with one hand and palmed gate receipts and a new TV deal in the other.
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Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Gross also got Brighton’s second after David de Gea palmed Solly March’s shot from right side of the box back into danger.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Gross also got Brighton’s second after David de Gea palmed Solly March’s shot from right side of the box back into danger.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palmed
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The company, which also provides athlete recruiting data, video production and owns some sport venues, currently has EBITDA of $40 million, according to one of the people familiar with the matter who wished to remain anonymous.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Nearly half of women wished there were more honest conversations about the physiological transition.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
21 Jan. 2026
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Animation, blurry recreations, and, eventually, video footage are used to illustrate the violence inflicted upon Rushdie in August 2022.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s remarks Wednesday, suddenly retreating from his threat of military force, could mitigate some of the damage inflicted on Washington’s most cherished relationships.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The judge also sentenced him to five years of supervised release and imposed a $500,000 fine against him — the maximum fine allowable.—
Sarah Jones,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Last year, China imposed several restrictions on the export of rare earth materials.—
Maydeen Merino,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Jan. 2026
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Linda’s life is constructed of problems not of her own creation but foisted upon her.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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The agency first fixed that by pumping groundwater back to the river, but that foisted the salt problem onto Mexican farmers, who have a treaty right to clean river water.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Palmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palmed. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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