hands down
Example Sentences
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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
"If my folks didn't move into the suburbs, then hands down I'm not playing soccer," he says.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 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
He brought our hands down against his forehead, not looking at me when he asked, “Does it make it worse? To be touching someone, I mean. Is it harder to control?”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
