unhanding

present participle of unhand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhanding
Verb
  • Cabrera, who opened with three perfect innings, quickly gave up a single, a double and a home run in the fourth, handing Colorado a 3-2 lead.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Those few extra seconds can be the difference between staying safe and handing a scammer your credit card, password or one-time code.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • The inventory risk is real, but oil bulls are giving the problem too much weight, Dwivedi argues.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • An orphaned owl at a rescue center in New York has adopted the role of a foster parent, nursing two orphaned baby owlets and giving them parental love.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • One of those issues is the concept of exclusivity, where Microsoft began handing out former Xbox exclusives, even some from its biggest IPs, over to PlayStation.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Austin Nieves, a recent transplant to the area and the man who had brought this brave group together, broke the strained silence by handing out beers.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Since the alliance of unions ratified their new contracts, both labor and Kaiser executives have signaled interest in turning over a new leaf.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
  • The 30 year old allegedly went through the facility's south TSA security checkpoint without turning over any of his baggage, according to the allegations read by presiding judge Latrevia Kates-Johnson during Oloruntoba's bond hearing on Tuesday.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • The recurring worry was that the technology can be confidently wrong, handing over a clean, plausible answer that happens to be mistaken.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Ferguson and his team had to build pitches on top of the existing ones, with some venues only handing over the premises days before, due to commercial commitments.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • Roki Sasaki dominated early, facing one over the minimum through five innings, before giving up back-to-back homers to Gunnar Henderson and Pete Alonso.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • Petersen pitched a scoreless fifth before giving up the home run in the sixth.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • The water-dropping helicopters returned during Friday's flare-up.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Participation ebbs and flows with the economy, dropping to 35 million in 2019.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Pentagon officials, military contractors and lawmakers often claim that the weapons acquisition process is overregulated, rendering it too rigid and slow to keep pace with technological innovation and pacing threats.
    Julia Gledhill, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • The California Highway Patrol officer radioed for assistance while rendering medical aid to the couple.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 19 June 2026
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“Unhanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhanding. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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