handily

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The egg producer’s fiscal third-quarter earnings topped analysts’ estimates, as did revenue of $667 million, which handily beat calls for $642.5 million.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

A win in that game would set up a rematch in Columbia with No. 1-seed South Carolina, who beat the Trojans handily when they met in November.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

The 36-year-old former mayor of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, also handily defeated Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, the 74-year-old former prime minister, in Oli’s longtime stronghold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

That handily beat Wall Street estimates of earnings of $2.34 a share from revenue of $29 billion.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The canoe was quite handily placed, in fact; luck had been on their side, or a little luck anyway.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman