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Recent Examples of backhand
Cutter Gauthier scored twice, including the tying goal on a backhand from the high slot with 53 seconds left.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The whip of a one-handed backhand complementing two lightning bolts, in his serve and his forehand.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The Sabres were down 2-1 entering the third period, but Ryan McLeod took advantage of a Utah turnover and buried a short-handed goal with a nifty backhand to tie it up at 2-2 at the beginning of the third period.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
The stay-at-home defenseman took a cross-ice backhand pass from Jakub Lauko just outside the Boston blue line and motored up the ice on the left side.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The whip of a one-handed backhand complementing two lightning bolts, in his serve and his forehand.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The Sabres were down 2-1 entering the third period, but Ryan McLeod took advantage of a Utah turnover and buried a short-handed goal with a nifty backhand to tie it up at 2-2 at the beginning of the third period.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
The stay-at-home defenseman took a cross-ice backhand pass from Jakub Lauko just outside the Boston blue line and motored up the ice on the left side.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backhand
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The resulting copperplate is dated July 4, 1823.—
Joe Pappalardo,
Popular Mechanics,
3 July 2020
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For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor.—
Peter Saenger,
WSJ,
27 Aug. 2021
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This previous label, which debuted on the 2010 vintages, featured Hamel Family Wines in cursive and an image of a badger.—
Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Dated to between 50 and 80 C.E., the tablets are among the earliest examples of Roman cursive, a style of handwriting, discovered in Britain, per Artnet’s Richard Whiddington.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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The soft leather looks best when done up in a snake print, as far as we’re concerned, which will instantly grant your off-duty stylings more oomph.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie has earned nearly $8.7 million domestically and $2.2 million internationally for a worldwide domestic tally of $10.9 million to date against a $15 million production budget before prints and advertising costs, according to The Numbers.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy: Discover the timeless art of Arabic calligraphy through the artistic practice of handwriting based on Arabic alphabet.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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In the white space below the image, their names are marked down in pink ink with his sister’s handwriting.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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Who doesn’t dream of making beeswax candles, topping naked cakes with berries and writing on labels with picture-perfect penmanship?—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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Inspired by her penmanship, the Crayola crayons came in handy as people sketched absentmindedly on paper surfaces throughout the meal.—
Freya Drohan,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
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Your Elliott is stretching in particular ways or doing dip; how much of that was in the script?—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
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Creatio supports automation via Processes, premade collections of actions for tasks such as building product recommendation lists, creating scripts for various interactions, and generating product descriptions.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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The hot local labor market is running hand in hand with a hot property market.—
Claire Bushey and Peter Campbell,
Ars Technica,
8 May 2023
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Bottom line: Your search is over for the ultimate winter running hand protection for any conditions.—
Svati Kirsten Narula,
Outside Online,
18 Oct. 2022
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That top-grain Italian leather will feel silky under your hand, and the elevated accessory also bears all the details of a designer handbag (adjustable strap; careful stitching; card pockets).—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Yes, the bat felt and looked good in Stanton’s hands; no, this is not sabermetrics.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Backhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backhand. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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