hands down
Example Sentences
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"People always ask me what's my favourite format and I could never say Test cricket, even though it hands down would be if we had the opportunity to play it enough," Beaumont added.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The play, which received the Pulitzer Prize this year, was hands down the best work I read or saw since last year’s Pulitzer and Tony winner, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
“We are seeing that, hands down, especially in the last two or three years with AI,” he said of job readiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Chanos won that argument hands down, closing his long bitcoin/short Strategy trade for a sizeable gain.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
When she’s done, I count to five before I ease my hands down.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
