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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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As Van Daley adds, guests will clock worn or saggy cushions right away.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Ella Dalton and Luna Yohannan, on the other hand, had their natural curls enhanced with the Curl Manifesto line and worn as is.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Investigators learned there was a group of at least two men and two women, all aged 25-30 years old, who were hanging out in the area of the pier parking lot for a period of time before walking south to 5100 Narragansett Ave.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, 84% of APAC professionals aged 18–24, and 77% of those aged 25–34, believe AI cannot replace human judgement at work.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Broncos look slow, sloppy, shopworn and stale.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
6 Nov. 2025
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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
Adjective
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And while the names are fun, the numbers aren’t too shabby either.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Not too shabby for a 37-year-old who nearly left in the offseason for the Raiders or Giants and missed a month of camp with a back issue.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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With an increasing amount of people choosing to get pets instead of having children, furbabies across the country are becoming more and more spoiled.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Following her time playing the eldest Banks (and the most spoiled) child, Parsons acted in shows like Lush Life and The Job, and in films like The Ladies Man and 13 Moons.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Chinese retailer, known for its range of cheap ultra-fast-fashion clothing and criticisms of its labor and environmental practices, is nestled on the sixth floor of a more than century-old building in Paris, a city famous for high-end fashion and a recent green push.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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In contexts not concerning the elite private colleges of New England and their decades-old conflicts and syllabi and on-campus squabbles, this mode of prestige media procedure matters absolutely and enormously, at scales difficult to tabulate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The beat-up group did a nice job against Green Bay.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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The chilly weather calls for cozy clothes, but my beat-up sweats are far from cute these days.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Afterall, there are few things as unappetizing as a spoonful of stale cereal.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
11 Nov. 2025
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To redress this at his own bakery, Castel created his pain d’hier et de demain (the bread of yesterday and tomorrow), made from stale, unsold inventory.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Well-handled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-handled. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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