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Recent Examples of well-handled
That scene was potentially such a minefield, but so well-handled.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
With most action confined to the family home, Bulgaria passes well enough for Anytown, U.S.A., and technical contributions all around are well-handled.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 19 July 2023
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
With most action confined to the family home, Bulgaria passes well enough for Anytown, U.S.A., and technical contributions all around are well-handled.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 19 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-handled
Adjective
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Similarly, a basketball team accustomed to new hardwood may benefit from training sessions on worn or cushioned courts that simulate upcoming away venues.—
Michael Hales,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Weaving and Gallner are more than up to the task of breathing genuine emotion into their worn characters.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This blend was then aged for an additional 19 months in new, medium-char American Oak barrels.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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At around the same time, a tall, college-aged man carrying a black backpack made his way up the stairwell of the nearby Losee Center, a four-story concrete building that houses the student welcome center, among other things.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Carson said — 50 times Carson’s office, on a quiet street in downtown Modesto, was gritty and shopworn and functional in feel.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2021
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If your listing has become shopworn, look at reducing the price or offering incentives.—
John Nugent,
Houston Chronicle,
4 July 2020
Adjective
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Meg lived in a somewhat offbeat district, but the tall shabby houses, some of them painted in garish colours, were soon left behind and gave place to discreetly glistening cream or white facades behind one of which Leonora lived.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Despite a massively lower budget, the writing is much better and the special effects really aren’t too shabby!—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The first season concludes with patriarch Horace Bellaire marrying Kimmie from his hospital bed, leaving her his inheritance and shocking his spoiled heirs.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Kayla Blanton is a freelance lifestyle writer, editor, and reviewer of seven years and a proud cat mom to three very spoiled rescues.—
Kayla Blanton,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Smith replied that private schools must submit renewal packets every year before they are approved to continue participation in the accounts program, and that the agency compares the new tuition rates against the older rates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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The reversal marks just one example of how Trump is rewriting Republicans’ decades-old playbook on countering Beijing’s influence in the United States and abroad.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Far removed from the beat-up mini-fridges and crooked posters of the past, the dramatic transformations are unnecessary, some say, and reflect the widening line between the haves and have-nots in the United States.—
Jeremy Mikula,
NBC news,
24 Aug. 2025
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The lawsuit alleges that the city of Melvindale used Furman to help eliminate its $1 million debt through improper impounds, and that Furman delivered by generating nearly $500,000 a year for the city in towing fees by targeting poor people in beat-up cars.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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And as storage expands, so does the volume of stale data.—
Sean Nathaniel,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cracker Barrel should make changes that strike a middle ground between appearing stale to younger customers and unrecognizable to their parents or grandparents who’ve eaten at the chain for decades, said Chekitan Dev, a professor of hospitality management at Cornell University.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Well-handled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-handled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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