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handshake

noun as in understanding

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Most skipped the formality of a handshake, going in for hugs.

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He agreed to the deal not with a handshake, but with a few words tapped out and fired into cyberspace.

CEO Albert Bourla and Chris Klomp, head of Medicare, who was leading negotiations for the administration, had met in Washington and reached a handshake agreement on the contours of a drug price deal.

She remembers the “thousands of handshakes and hugs and home-cooked meals” and nights spent sleeping on floors.

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The pressure was high during Bread Week as the bakers vied for a Paul Hollywood handshake after making a variety of, well, bread.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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