unhanding

present participle of unhand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhanding
Verb
  • Pass this newsletter to a friend — like handing them a bottle of ice-cold water during a marathon.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The department is warning people to be vigilant and to avoid handing their devices to strangers.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The club fees paid by growers go to marketing investments used for websites, TikToks, and ads, giving it wider appeal.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As the overall matter heads towards its March 9, 2026 trial date start, Judge Liman will have the final word – for now – on bringing Swift on board and giving Baldoni and his Wayfarer co-founders more time for their own depositions.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The city is handing out free sandbags over the weekend to residents.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than handing out lump sums, consider tying your generosity to meaningful milestones.
    Bob Sponseller, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The anecdote came up as part of a larger conversation Barrymore was having with her audience that day about turning over a new page after turning 50 earlier this year.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Having held all of them in contempt, the court stated that that the contempt could be purged by finally turning over all assets and records to the receiver.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • No one sensible is handing over a phone that is barely 12 months old for the latest, iterative update.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But Kering has lost significant ground in the luxury space over the last few years as its core Gucci brand has slowed and Pinault is handing over operational duties to turnaround specialist Luca de Meo.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 21-year-old Rodriguez debuted in late May and threw 1⅔ scoreless innings in his lone appearance, striking out a batter, walking one and hitting another without giving up a run.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Scott couldn’t escape, giving up a walk-off grand slam to Patrick Bailey as the San Francisco Giants beat the Dodgers, 5-1, on Friday night.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The video, released Thursday night, showed a person running across a rooftop of the building from which the fatal round was fired before climbing down and dropping to the ground.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • On Thursday night, additional video was released of the suspect, dropping from a rooftop after the shooting, as authorities asked the public for tips and assistance in identifying him.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This is less computationally intensive than actually rendering all three of those frames; it can be combined with MetalFX's existing temporal upscaling, boosting performance even further.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But the speed came from all three levels of Green Bay’s defense, rendering Washington’s offense almost inoperative.
    Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Unhanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhanding. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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