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hands-off

[handz-awf, -of] / ˈhændzˈɔf, -ˈɒf /


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“Does Amazon just take a hands-off approach? Do they evaluate these operators? We don’t know.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

They have not been treated respectfully; hence the refusal to issue a hands-off order on Kyiv’s airport while the two were in town.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

It marks a change of tone for his administration, which has taken a more hands-off approach to the technology.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

For Norcliffe, the ultimate goal is to build deep, hands-off trust.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

By the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, landlords in central and Southern China had an almost completely hands-off relationship with their tenants: they would collect a fixed rent and let farmers go about their business.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell



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