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in hand

ADJECTIVE
owned
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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As housing costs, especially “owner’s equivalent rent,” make up the largest component of the official inflation calculations, the two often march hand in hand.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

That small revelation — broccoli in hand, phone glowing red — gets at the gap Goldner says he built the app to address.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

With a sleeping bag in hand, he said he has "just been trying to get some sleep and watching Netflix now".

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Three months later, after having single-mindedly “stalked Dudamel,” as she called it, Borda left a sick bed to hop on a plane to Lucerne, Switzerland, contract in hand.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Diploma in hand, Elizebeth returned to her ordinary routines as the top code breaker at the Treasury Department and the Coast Guard.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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