handed down
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In 1998 there were 48 death sentences handed down across the state; in 2025 that number was three.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
In its first verdicts handed down last week, Baghdad's Karkh Criminal Court sentenced nine men to jail terms of up to 20 years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Cornell denies that this was the only punishment it handed down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
It is challenging the notion that assets will get handed down to the next generation.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Merit has replaced the old system of inherited privilege, in which parents to the manner born handed down the manor to their children.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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
And invisibly present is the handed-down know-how of weavers past.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
Everything she has was gifted, handed-down, or purchased second-hand.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2020
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
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