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Recent Examples of hands-off
This is the most hands-off option on the list.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
But governments in authoritarian and one-party states rarely take a hands-off approach — especially when the business belongs to a sitting president.
—Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
But with the ground rules in place, the Andon Labs team tries to be as hands-off as possible.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
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, 10 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
But governments in authoritarian and one-party states rarely take a hands-off approach — especially when the business belongs to a sitting president.
—Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
But with the ground rules in place, the Andon Labs team tries to be as hands-off as possible.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
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, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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The investment comes during a time when demand for autonomous drones is at an all-time high.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The difference in the versions is that while the V1 requires the pilot to manually adjust the speed and altitude to lock onto a target, the V2 has autonomous targeting software to close in on a target that is approved by the pilot.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Investors had cheered the talks and the prospect of change at a fiercely independent company that had relied on decades-old relationships.—
Edwin Chan,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Trevor Bauer, the former Cy Young Award winner and MLB All-Star, tossed a no-hitter for the independent Long Island Ducks in a 13-0 win over the Lancaster Stormers on Sunday afternoon at Penn Medicine Park in Pennsylvania.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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And Secrets suspects that a younger, noninterventionist crowd would have boosted Vance’s numbers.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Mar. 2026
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Does the beginning of this war tell us anything meaningful about the long-running battle between the interventionist and noninterventionist wings of American conservativism?—
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
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According to Newsweek, the overall score was composed of 80% from survey results, and 20% from social listening analysis, which analyzed media coverage and online discussion to assess whether public sentiment was positive, neutral or negative.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The battle was fought during the Napoleonic Wars, as Britain attacked Denmark to break a neutral alliance with other European powers that threatened British naval supremacy.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The commission’s principal assignment was to draft a state-of-the-art overview of international communication flows and to examine the desirability and feasibility of instituting a new global order as requested by the nonaligned developing countries.—
Stijn Joye,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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The United States’ incursion has split Latin America, with leaders aligned with President Donald Trump, mostly from the right, applauding the ouster, and nonaligned leaders condemning it on sovereignty grounds.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's performance since the Iran war began is not publicly available information, but any returns would build on the near $250 billion profit NBIM made in 2025.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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The $24 billion expected from the sovereign wealth funds — representing the royal families of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar — would together represent about 49% of the equity in the new company.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cunningham, who has represented north Charlotte’s District 106 in the North Carolina House as a Democrat for seven terms, is now listed as an unaffiliated voter in the State Board of Election’s database.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Apr. 2026
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Doctors unaffiliated didn't think so, though some research has supported benefits of molecular hydrogen therapy and pulsed electromagnetic fields in certain circumstances.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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