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  • present tense form of handle (3rd person singular).
  • plural of handle.

handles





VERB
carry as merchandise
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Prof James Betts, who researches how the body handles food and energy at the University of Bath, says a big factor is that our "hunger hormone" ghrelin is generally higher later in the day.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The port authority said the Vancouver terminal currently handles more than C$1 billion in commerce daily, and more cargo than the next five largest Canadian ports combined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Scientists have long wanted to understand whether Jupiter handles the solar wind differently from Earth and what those differences might reveal about other objects throughout the universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

“It’s accelerating something that was already on the way of happening and then it makes the situation worse,” said John-Patrick M. Fritz, a partner at an L.A.-based law firm that handles small-business bankruptcy cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Pa and Uncle Henry carried the cradles by their long, curved handles, and swung the blades into the standing oats.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder


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