handed down
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The NBA handed down sweeping penalties to Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, team executives, the team and Kawhi Leonard following an investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The group had already left Morocco by the time the decision was handed down.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Next week, host Susan Matthews joins Amicus co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern to discuss the blockbuster decisions handed down in June—and Gorsuch’s role in them.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
The sentences will be handed down at a later date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
On January 29, 1996, Judge Carol Kelly handed down her decision.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
They are among the home cooks whipping up feasts from handed-down recipes and sharing those dishes with others.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022
"When I came to Maine, a colleague who was a native Mainer gave me her handed-down family recipes for how to collect, clean, and prepare Irish moss, as well as a pudding recipe."
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
Brown says she is the keeper of handed-down family photos; she doesn’t know every person pictured here, but they’re all connected to her in some way, collected through time.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
And invisibly present is the handed-down know-how of weavers past.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
I knew how people thought about things, how people were, but it was a blow to see James playing into that handed-down way of looking at the world.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
