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Recent Examples of hands-off
Businesses typically have friendlier relationships with independent regulators when they’re led by Republicans, who tend to favor hands-off approaches to overseeing their industries.
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Eric Geller, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
In a traditional childcare arrangement, the roles are usually defined: the caregiver works a set schedule and the parents can remain hands-off outside those hours.
—Christina Crawford, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
Bezos has been a mostly hands-off owner of The Post, and in some ways that has been a blessing, giving the newspaper’s journalists autonomy to write critically about Bezos, Amazon and related topics.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
That’s why working ... Post In a fully remote environment, a hands-off manager can be both empowering and challenging.
—Irina Cozma, Harvard Business Review, 13 Jan. 2025
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Eric Geller, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
In a traditional childcare arrangement, the roles are usually defined: the caregiver works a set schedule and the parents can remain hands-off outside those hours.
—Christina Crawford, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
Bezos has been a mostly hands-off owner of The Post, and in some ways that has been a blessing, giving the newspaper’s journalists autonomy to write critically about Bezos, Amazon and related topics.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
That’s why working ... Post In a fully remote environment, a hands-off manager can be both empowering and challenging.
—Irina Cozma, Harvard Business Review, 13 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for hands-off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hands-off
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Trump has expressed an interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, part of the United States.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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President Donald Trump has reiterated his desire to buy Greenland, and refused to rule out using military or economic coercion to achieve his goal of controlling the autonomous territory of Denmark. .—
Juhohn Lee,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
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The inspectors general are independent watchdogs within agencies who investigate and disclose waste, fraud and abuse.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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Because for me, an independent film is a film that almost doesn’t get made.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jan. 2025
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Most countries were of a mind to try to stay neutral between the two powers and maintain good relations with both Washington and Beijing.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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While the gaze in Freud’s painting is fairly neutral, the gaze in Paul’s painting is not.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
The New Yorker,
27 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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Attempts at pressure could backfire and convince some countries, including Brazil and Colombia, to deepen their ties with Beijing and other nonaligned groups such as BRICS, the partnership whose first members were Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.—
Brian Winter,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2024
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Saudi sovereign wealth funds have taken large stakes in American businesses while also looking at sports as well.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Last year, BlackRock's head of bitcoin and crypto said sovereign wealth funds are showing interest in bitcoin alongside wild speculation that Qatar's sovereign wealth fund was exploring buying bitcoin.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth MacDonald, who registered as an unaffiliated voter and lives in an area of Western North Carolina ravaged by Hurricane Helene, made sure to cast a ballot, even though she was still consumed by both the devastation of the storm and the demands of caring for her infant.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
27 Jan. 2025
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Eighty-one percent of Democrats, 33% of Republicans and 51% of unaffiliated voters said continuing the reintroduction was a good idea.—
Elise Schmelzer,
The Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hands-off. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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