hands down
Example Sentences
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The play, which received the Pulitzer Prize this year, was hands down the best work I read or saw since last year’s Pulitzer and Tony winner, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
“These are patients that hands down progressed on anti-PD-1.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Chanos won that argument hands down, closing his long bitcoin/short Strategy trade for a sizeable gain.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
In the interim, the court preserved the lower courts’ orders, keeping TPS in place for Syria and Haiti until it hands down a decision.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
He shoves his hands down in his front pockets like a twelve-year-old boy.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
