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Recent Examples of hands-off
Full-service subscriptions offer hands-off lawn care.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
This week’s murder is primarily a prompt for Elsbeth to reflect critically on her hands-off parenting of Teddy (Ben Levi Ross).
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Soak on Low Setting For an even more hands-off approach, fill the slow cooker slightly above the food line with water, and add a few drops of dish soap.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
Respect their autonomy while staying emotionally available Occasionally, in an effort to respect their adult child’s autonomy, parents will go in the opposite direction, by taking a totally hands-off approach to help their kids make choices and work through conflicts.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 13 Feb. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
This week’s murder is primarily a prompt for Elsbeth to reflect critically on her hands-off parenting of Teddy (Ben Levi Ross).
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Soak on Low Setting For an even more hands-off approach, fill the slow cooker slightly above the food line with water, and add a few drops of dish soap.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
Respect their autonomy while staying emotionally available Occasionally, in an effort to respect their adult child’s autonomy, parents will go in the opposite direction, by taking a totally hands-off approach to help their kids make choices and work through conflicts.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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China-based e-Hang has already certified its two-person, autonomous air taxi with that country’s aviation authority.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
4 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s plan for Tesla robotaxis is to use only cameras as a cost-saving measure, an approach most autonomous vehicle experts consider unwise.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Shaw is an independent producer and entrepreneur who founded animation firm BWA Studios, which has produced content and marketing materials for HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Mattel and Sony Music, among others.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2025
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Overall, independent and British games did well in the nominations unveiled by the British Academy.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Season 14 Erika is lighter, focusing on her personal growth and independence, and serving as a (mostly) neutral mediator between the warring forces of Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Best nude kitten heels Elegant, neutral nude heels go with pretty much every ensemble, from casual brunch ’fits to full-on gowns.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
4 Mar. 2025
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With its diminished economic and cultural appeal hampering its ability to forge new partnerships, the United States risks allowing its adversaries to deepen their ties to nonaligned countries in ways that harm U.S. interests.—
Roger W. Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Jan. 2025
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But there is precedent suggesting Trump understands the importance of nonaligned countries in the competition with China.—
Colin H. Kahl,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Jan. 2025
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While pragmatism in foreign affairs is necessary, reducing the survival of a sovereign nation to a game of leverage risks trivializing the stakes at hand.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Unlike any other religious leader around the world, the leader of the world's one billion Catholics is also the leader of a sovereign nation.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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Who Is Călin Georgescu? presidential candidate who is unaffiliated with any party and a prominent critic of Bucharest's pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine policy.—
Maya Mehrara,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Huttner agreed that Boebert might be vulnerable to a moderate opponent, because the Third District, like Colorado as a whole, includes large numbers of unaffiliated voters.—
Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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