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as in to treat
to behave toward in a stated way handles all requests professionally, even when customers are rude

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as in to operate
to control the mechanical operation of learned how to handle basic woodworking power tools

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The airline did not address the question directly but stated that its flight attendants receive thorough and ongoing training to handle emergencies onboard. Ash-Har Quraishi, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024 At a press event in Los Angeles earlier this month, executives dismissed concerns about whether the service can handle the events, after the Paul-Tyson fight suffered some buffering issues. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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Consumers, and the trade too, need handles and references on which to build their thoughts. Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 And eagle-eyed observers noticed that Mr. Trump’s Instagram handle was noted in the posting. Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for handle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handle
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  • That's how developers managed to propose a 240-foot building in the coastal height-limit area, with 74 apartments and 139 hotel rooms, despite zoning restrictions that allow only 31 apartments.
    Andrew Keatts, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Often Bradley would manage the team in the evening, then the following morning bring his son for chemotherapy at Crumlin hospital in Dublin.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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  • Milas, the intensive care anesthesiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, uses fentanyl in combination with other drugs to treat critical patients.
    Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, physicians treating this common type of leukemia have begun incorporating the new protocol into their treatment strategies.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024
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  • And many training companies operating in California now advise against long interrogations and a reliance on lying and manipulation — though lying still remains a tactic police are allowed to use.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • With Eilish’s music, Finneas has been operating in more of a hybrid mode, with a mixture of one-man-band arrangements and outside players, and that shift is evident in her current stage setup.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • Virgin River mayor and chief meddler Hope McRae (Annette O'Toole) is supervising the wedding organization, the town's equivalent of a royal wedding.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The kids can run around (supervised) with their peers for water sports, hiking, pizza parties, games, and more while parents enjoy yoga, tennis, swimming, or just take in the scenic views.
    Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • These blatant violations will not be tolerated on U.S. soil.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Then, sometime in her mid-40s, her ability to tolerate alcohol plummeted.
    Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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  • Whoever Johnson hires as the Jets general manager will help oversee their coaching search after the team fired Robert Saleh on Oct. 8 after a 2-3 start.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Unions typically win representation of workers by filing to hold elections overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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  • Can the art of opera ever escape the suffocating grip of its magnificent past?
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Second, the individual struggles of a player who is caught in the grip of a crisis, both on the pitch and off it.
    Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office on Wednesday evening released the names of Patricia Vergara, 14, of Madison, Wisconsin, and Erin West following forensic autopsies.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This revelation follows the release of Never Too Late, the theme song for his Disney+ documentary of the same name.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024

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