right hands

Definition of right handsnext
plural of right hand

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Noun
  • The memo was included in a disclosure to senators by Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit legal organization, based on information provided by two of their clients, government employees who are not named in the document.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
  • So when an attack sends most employees into its shelter, at least two people must remain at the control panel to manage the system.
    Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Richard and Moody tried their hands at Butler-style pullup jumpers, and Hield handled the ball a tad more than Kerr would have probably liked.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Using your hands, mix until combined (don’t be gentle; mixing well will help the meatballs hold their shape when formed).
    Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The trade was halted, and ships carrying Polynesian laborers were ordered back.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Crews began treating highways with brine after midnight Saturday, with 1,800 workers on 12-hour shifts, Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry said.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • That act – passed in the wake of a wave of terror by government workers affiliated with racist groups like the Ku Klux Klan – does not apply to federal employees and could not be used in a case against Ross.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Right hands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right%20hands. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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