by hand
Example Sentences
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Results of the election were tight and, due to the tumultuous nature of the processing system, around 15% of the tally sheets had to be counted by hand for the winner to be decided.
From BBC
Somewhere along the way, in the years that followed, I grew fond of writing by hand—writing my thoughts, planning my study schedule and slowing down enough to think.
Mariah Calagione, like other Boston Beer employees, was asked this year to volunteer on the Utopias bottling line in Delaware, where each container was filled by hand.
It left USC’s coaches counting by hand to decide which teams would fit.
From Los Angeles Times
As the light show unfolded, the lantern's blindingly bright facades concealed a flurry of activity behind, as teams of people turned large metal barrels called rotors by hand to produce a kaleidoscopic effect.
From Barron's
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