Thesaurus results for PALMED OFF

palmed off

verb

past tense of palm off

as in passed off

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me

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Recent Examples of palmed off France took the lead with a solo try from Ntamack, who ran down the short side from about 22-meters out, dummied, palmed off a defender and crashed over in a tackle in the 52nd, and conversion from skipper Maxime Lucu. — ABC News, 11 July 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

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The economic costs were diffuse and passed off to future generations as additions to the national debt.

— Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Carson had been off the air for about a year at the time, having passed off hosting the late-night program to Jay Leno upon his retirement.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

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Kim was a relatively normal teenager who, while cramming for tests and navigating crushes, also had to save the world from any villain who wished to do harm.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
The paper was a propaganda tool, and whatever Grossman may have wished to write, at first all the editors would permit were inspiring, deadly earnest pieces full of generalities.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

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Both Republicans unloaded on Cooper's tenure as governor, with Trump blaming Cooper for a grisly North Carolina murder and accusing him of doing nothing to help the state after Hurricane Helene inflicted widespread damage in 2024.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Their rule in Yemen has inflicted suffering on people through corruption, coercion, aid diversion, and war.

— Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of inflicted

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This was the time when India imposed steep customs duties and limits on consumer-goods imports.

— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade international sanctions imposed after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

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