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Recent Examples of palm off
And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.
—Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 21 Feb. 2021
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.
—Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 21 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palm off
Verb
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For Moss’ character, June Osborne, being stripped of all agency left her curled on a closet floor wishing for the end of her life.—
Trish Deitch,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Folsom and Clementine program mirrors restrictions adopted across Northern California with boaters wishing to launch having a red quarantine seal for at least 30 days after a mandatory inspection.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Trump pointed to one where Vice President Vance runs for the White House and passes off the job to him.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
31 Mar. 2025
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Once the victim had been convinced that their relative had been arrested, the call was passed off to another scammer at the call center posing as an attorney representing the elderly victim’s relative.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Most of the damage Russia inflicts on Ukraine, however, is caused by cruise missiles that can be intercepted with European arms, such as SAMP/T and IRIS-T missiles, and most Russian ballistic missile strikes are against targets that are not defended by Patriots.—
Jack Watling,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Mar. 2025
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The first is to facilitate fraud or compromise a network, and the second is to inflict harm on a company's reputation or brand.—
Jim Richberg,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Trump defended his decision to impose tariffs, saying that the trade situation with U.S. partners was unsustainable and that someone needed to act.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The suspension also does not extend to industry-specific tariffs that Trump imposed on steel, aluminum and auto imports.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But despite previous transparency around the cost-cutting measures, employees inquiring about how the budget cuts have impacted their performance review will now be fobbed off.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2023
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Most chose instead to fob off the hard decisions to central bankers.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
10 Sep. 2021
Verb
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Slicing this way makes the lemons easier to palm.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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Both teams threatened with Mikel Merino’s header palmed away by Matz Sels and David Raya denying Chris Wood at the other end.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Palm off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm%20off. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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