handy

Example Sentences

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Such status could come in handy if consumers tighten their budgets on the back of broader inflation and higher interest rates.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Those weapons would have come in handy now to affordably take down cheap drones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

There’s nothing really funny about somebody who’s got it all together, and so that’s handy in this, because these people are not together.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

"That's when the body doubles, hand doubles, back doubles come in handy."

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

The extra clothes would have come in handy.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo