hands-off
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It's unclear whether he will get deeply involved in the process or take a hands-off approach.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Beijing has taken a different strategy to the US hands-off approach.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Does Amazon just take a hands-off approach? Do they evaluate these operators? We don’t know.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
They have not been treated respectfully; hence the refusal to issue a hands-off order on Kyiv’s airport while the two were in town.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
By the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, landlords in central and Southern China had an almost completely hands-off relationship with their tenants: they would collect a fixed rent and let farmers go about their business.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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