unhanding

verb

present participle of unhand
as in handing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhanding
  1. handing
  2. giving
  3. handing out
  4. turning over
  5. handing over
  6. giving up
  7. dropping
  8. rendering
Verb
  • Golden State finished with a season-high 15 steals after handing Atlanta back-to-back losses to start the Dream's 0-4 road trip.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Voice assistants already complete purchases and arrange food deliveries, without handing control back to the user.
    — Alex Gudilko, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of handing
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  • The Athletics beat the Dodgers 7-1 on Wednesday night, giving the West Sacramento team its only win of the series with the Dodgers, winners of the past two World Series, failing to secure a three-game sweep.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Another prohibits giving lectures in public parks without city permission.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of giving
Verb
  • In Nashville, where temperatures could reach a high of 101 degrees and feel like 114, heat patrols began handing out cold bottled water to the city's homeless population during peak hours.
    — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • As a result, teams across the league have become more wary about handing out big-money, long-term deals in free agency, as one mistake has the potential to cripple a franchise.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of handing out
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  • Beginning in the mid-1990s, Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear agency, helped build the facility, subsequently administering it for years before turning over control to the Iranian regime.
    — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The Department of Justice sued Maryland and several other states for not turning over private voter rolls, which include personal information for millions of Maryland voters.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of turning over
Verb
  • After handing over the reins, Dimon will likely stay as executive chairman for a couple of years, the source said.
    — Anirban Sen, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • The recurring worry was that the technology can be confidently wrong, handing over a clean, plausible answer that happens to be mistaken.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of handing over
Verb
  • Gibson retires the first two batters before giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt, followed by the homer barrage.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Roberts walked the next hitter, Cooper Pratt, before giving up a run-scoring triple to David Hamilton.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Definition of giving up
Verb
  • Police release video of the person racing across the roof of the building from where authorities say the shot was fired, dropping down to the ground and walking off campus.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • And while the Travel team’s not always big on staying close to home, airfares remain high right now, even as jet fuel prices are dropping sharply.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of dropping
Verb
  • Australia’s online platforms are stumbling at the very first step in implementing age checks for users, rendering a world-first teen social media ban ineffective, a study by a team that advised the government’s rollout of the curbs found.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • These extreme weather changes can cause pavement to expand, crack and warp, rendering some roads unusable until they are repaired.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 July 2026
Definition of rendering
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“Unhanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhanding. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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