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hand

noun as in appendage at end of human arm

noun as in person who does labor

noun as in handwriting

noun as in round of applause

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But it was art therapist Robert Morrissey who first put a lump of clay into her hands and encouraged her to do something with it.

Tesla’s humanoid robots can now accomplish more than 1,500 tasks, their hands capable of executing 60 of the 100 distinct movements the human hand can perform.

Indeed, Dalia has trouble with her Italian, and when she offers to help him find truffles, he insists his granddaughter doesn’t have the instincts or the calloused hands necessary for the job.

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In fact, he says, he wants them to “embrace” the opportunity at hand.

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Increasingly, people live hand to mouth, buying a tomato here, a few onions there as they manage to scrape together enough bolivars for just the basics.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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