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handle

[han-dl] / ˈhæn dl /




VERB
carry as merchandise
Synonyms


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Once the problem is known, it is the new president’s job to handle it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

I’m 53 and not sure how to handle merging finances with my long-term partner.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Working with KSI taught Riley how to handle the media glare.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Chu's team demonstrated that its architecture can handle both relatively straightforward calculations and more demanding quantum operations.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I know you mean well, and trust me, you aren’t the only ones desperate to fix the unfixable, but you need to trust us to handle this.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

One important innovation was the way the AI handles information.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Prof James Betts, who researches how the body handles food and energy at the University of Bath, says a big factor is that our "hunger hormone" ghrelin is generally higher later in the day.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The system handles everyday requests like navigation and music and hands off broader questions to larger cloud models for broader questions, such as where to eat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

It handles democracy not as a done deal, but a series of scary questions — and doesn’t trust the heartless machines for answers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Emma challenged, taking the bag from him and tying the handles together so it wouldn’t leak.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Did you find yourself thinking, “How would I have handled this if it were me?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Together, these approaches offer powerful new ways to investigate how historical objects have been preserved, handled, and exposed to different environments.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The collapse of Ueno, which started out as a digital-first fintech company and grew into a major bank that handled the accounts of several state entities, rocked the usually stable South American nation.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

What is clear is that he was no longer an automatic starter, and Cristiano has never handled that well.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

When Nat went aboard the Astrea, two sailors handled his gear for him, staggering under the weight of an extra sea chest.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Since this summer it has attempted to import roughly 10 to 12 million vapes, handling all the shipments similarly, the person said, but uneven enforcement across ports is one issue Checkmate was hired to address.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

The term refers to when servers are handling a much higher volume of stress than they usually do.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

The department said its handling of asylum seekers is “in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and agency policy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

That aligns with proposed contract language that pays vendors a much lower handling fee for helping borrowers through rehabilitation.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I was blind and deaf. I could hardly pull myself together to keep on handling the combat of the regiment on the ground.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein


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