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[hash] / hæʃ /


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After the initial flip-flopping on whether the government would be able to exempt more prisoners, the mother of PC Harper told BBC Breakfast that the handling of the situation had been a "hash".

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

When Elise finally arrived in Ibiza later that night, the women gathered around the dining room table to hash out what happened in the voice-to-text debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Should the two sides fail to hash out a settlement with conditions, Loeb and Hollander asked Ellison and Bonta to seek an earlier trial date for the legal showdown.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is overseeing the high-profile case, issued a temporary restraining order to block the merger from finalizing while the two sides hash out the evidence.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

They brought in great platters of fried cod, hash, potato balls, pumpkin mush with huge pitchers of cream, toast and butter, apple pie, and pitchers of coffee and milk.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

The decision comes as the trade court hashes out refunding the more than $166 billion it collected in the tariffs the Supreme Court had previously invalidated.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

The busy brunch spot offers something for everyone, with a variety of bowls, hashes, benedicts, and omelets.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2025

Hash matching is where media is given a unique digital signature which can be checked against hashes belonging to known content - in this case, databases of known CSAM.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2024

It was, “Hey, you’ve got between the hashes, Gates. Do whatever you want.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2024

Lorren brought out a pen and drew a series of hashes through my single line of writing in the ledger book.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The plan has faced backlash from some community members frustrated about a deal they feel was hashed out behind closed doors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

“We hashed it out. And it was hard. It is like a marriage. You go through these ups and downs, and try to understand your partner.”

From Salon Jan. 21, 2026

Dot plots and macro projections serve as a pressure safety valve where disagreement can be hashed out, without harming the consistency of the policy message.

From Barron's Dec. 12, 2025

I imagined a lunch in which everything is hashed out, and my husband ends up seeing that his father had loved him all along.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

Some of it was in the alphabet he knew, some of it in alphabets he had never seen, with pictures, or great hashed strokes of geometry.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

I take this to mean she uses it as the equivalent of hashing out an idea with a colleague or source.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Sheinbaum has responded to Trump's often harsh rhetoric about Mexican drug cartels and migration with what analysts dub "silent diplomacy" -- hashing out issues behind closed doors.

From Barron's Nov. 26, 2025

Both sides had spent months hashing out a deal over the use of AI to replicate an actor's performance - and "guardrails" to prevent this from happening.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2025

Months removed from the initial launch, the duo is working on hashing out what the future of their effort will look like.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2025

I didn’t sleep much that night, hashing and rehashing the next morning’s strategy.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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