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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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One wishes that the director had used this thread to comment more forcefully or even satirically on this striking relationship between the military and Hollywood.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jan. 2025
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In 2024, Bud Light used the Super Bowl to introduce the Bud Light Genie, an affable creature who granted a group of friends many wishes during an epic night out.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Right after a touchback, Will Howard dumped a pass off to TreVeyon Henderson, who got some blocks up front and scampered 75 yards to the house, giving the Buckeyes a 14-7 lead into the locker room.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
11 Jan. 2025
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But there’s a reason most defensemen don’t take the chance of sailing a backhand pass off the wall under duress.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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But the fact that Trump is dead wrong will not prevent him from inflicting serious harm right now on American families like my own.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families and first responders.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The move represents a seismic shift for Silicon Valley, which previously leaned left and had been critical of Trump, even imposing a temporary ban on Trump's social media profiles in 2020.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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In 2015, India triggered an economic and humanitarian crisis in Nepal by imposing an unofficial six-month blockade, partly sparked by Kathmandu’s warming ties with Beijing, including its purchase of Chinese weaponry.—
By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 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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Pick something that looks tasty and slightly intimidating and clumsily palm some chopsticks.—
Bradley Hohulin,
The Indianapolis Star,
27 Sep. 2024
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Even his tattoos are a conspicuous map of his touchstones: a portrait of Stevie Wonder, a hand palming a basketball printed with THE WORLD IS YOURS, an illustration related to the 1976 blaxploitation film The Human Tornado.—
Connor Garel,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2024
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“Palm off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm%20off. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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