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hands-on

adjective as in active participation; experiential

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Now, he’s become known for his big personality, his hands-on approach in molding Milwaukee’s brand of baseball … and more lighthearted habits, like the “pocket pancakes” he’ll gobble up in the middle of games.

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That hands-on involvement informs the movie’s portrait of Mike, lending it an authenticity and an insight that makes it feel, at times, like a documentary.

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The daughter suffers from a mysterious illness that requires a feeding tube and the kind of hands-on care that understandably overwhelms Linda.

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In short, he comes to the subject of humanoid robots with knowledge born of hands-on experience, so his caution demands our attention.

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The most contested resource in nursing education is the mandated, hands-on clinical training.

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