whip hand

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Recent Examples of whip hand Microsoft’s whip hand, more than anything, else, comes down to cold hard cash. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023 The failure of the ‘red wave’ to materialize means that an old-fashioned socialist will have the whip hand over health care for the next two years. Joel Zinberg, National Review, 30 Nov. 2022 Amazon has been using the cameras to monitor social distancing between workers during the pandemic — just one of the ways in which computers hold the whip hand in this workplace. Sarah O'Connor, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2022 The president will be held responsible for whatever happens, so House Democrats have the whip hand in any negotiation. Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 17 Mar. 2020 In fact, from the start the EU saw itself as holding whip hand in the talks, convinced that a failure, while bad for both sides, would be worse for the Brits. Laurence Norman, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whip hand
Noun
  • An August poll from Roanoke College found Spanberger with a 46%-39% lead, while the RealClearPolitics average of polls shows her with the same 7-point advantage.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The totemic power of Apple is running out of time to reset expectations around AI to its own advantage.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On the southwestern side of the fire, hand crews and dozers began building new containment lines along Sycamore Ridge Road to prevent the westward spread of the fire from the Dinkey Creek drainage and cut the fire off close to its active edge.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The base stores up to three tools, including a corner cleaner and an edge sweeper.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Quarterbacks Garrett Nussmeier and Cade Klubnik are viewed as Heisman Trophy contenders, and the winner of this game will have an upper hand in the College Football Playoff rankings come the end of the regular season.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Trump has 'upper hand' on Democrats in crime debate, MSNBC guest admits.
    , FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Whip hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whip%20hand. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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