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unhanding

verb

present participle of unhand
as in handing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhanding
  1. handing
  2. giving
  3. handing out
  4. turning over
  5. handing over
  6. giving up
  7. dropping
  8. rendering
Verb
  • Her 4-year-old nephew was handing customers sodas and water bottles.
    — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the Raiders dominated the visiting Miami Dolphins, 27-13, handing Klint Kubiak a victory in his coaching debut.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of handing
Verb
  • The senior House Democrat became a kingmaker for Biden by giving him momentum heading into Super Tuesday after Biden’s poor showing in the first three states.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Tech companies are racing to develop and train elder care robots to handle tasks ranging from giving massages to playing chess.
    — HUIYEE CHIEW AND LYRIC LI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of giving
Verb
  • And then the show was off the races, handing out awards at an impressive pace.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • City had only won once at the home of their rivals in the past four visits, having become used to turning up and handing out a drubbing for the bulk of the Guardiola era.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of handing out
Verb
  • There are continuously shifting regulatory frameworks across regions; AI reshaping functions that were once entirely human; and client priorities turning over faster than a project plan can account for.
    — Gilda D'Incerti, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Teams are turning over at a rapid pace, driving valuations to stratospheric heights.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of turning over
Verb
  • Let collaboration expand the possibility without handing over ownership of it.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • On September 2, 2026, World open sourced ProveKit, a post quantum zero knowledge proving toolkit that lets a person prove a fact about themselves, such as being over 18 or holding a valid passport, without ever handing over the underlying document.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of handing over
Verb
  • The severing of an intimate relationship means giving up a vision of life together.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Challenges with this step can lead to petitioners giving up on their cases.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of giving up
Verb
  • Although Ed Sheeran has no more openers on his Loop Tour, at least one artist is coming to his defense after dropping Macklemore over his pro-Palestine remarks.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The Bucs couldn’t ask for a better bounce-back opponent after dropping their opener in Cincy, a somewhat deceiving result because of all the Baker Mayfield turnovers.
    — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dropping
Verb
  • Neither will the hapless farmer’s mane, soon rendering him a yeti-like village pariah.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But the plot loops and falls in on itself, rendering the dreamlike first half open to interpretation, and leaving viewers to sort through its many possible explanations.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of rendering
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“Unhanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhanding. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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