handed

verb

Definition of handednext
past tense of hand
1
as in provided
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption was happy to hand her grandmother's cookie recipes to the parish ladies to put in their cookbook

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2
as in passed
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another the clerk handed her the receipt

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3
as in left
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another handed me her bundles while she fished for her house keys

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Recent Examples of handed In a rare judicial win in such cases, the client was handed 18 months in prison. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, according to the complaint, the operatives handed Bowie a gun, ammunition and an inert explosive, then gave her instructions on how to use them. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 There’s a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern quality to it where you’re handed most of the answers to your questions coming in. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 Patrick Gorski / Imagn Images via Reuters Connect The White Sox gained more exposure the hard way Tuesday night when Bregman’s ninth-inning base hit handed them another walk-off loss. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Police said Hickerson handed authorities a bag of medication Panettiere was using when her body was found. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Those instruments were calibrated for an institution that enrolled school graduates, taught them for three to five years, and handed them to a stable labor market. — Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 And last week's shakeup handed day-to-day authority from DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis to his deputy, Koray Kavukcuoglu, who now has final say on major DeepMind decisions and reports to CEO Sundar Pichai. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 The Mexican Ambassador, Roberto Lazzeri, met recently with a senior official at the State Department, who handed him back the letters Mexico had filed. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handed
  1. provided
  2. passed
  3. transferred
  4. gave
  5. reached
  6. entrusted
  7. supplied
  8. delivered
Verb
  • The team was not able to recover nuclear DNA, which would have provided more detailed information.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Many are directed towards Ryan Giles, their attack-minded left-back, who regularly pushes forward on the overlap and provided eight league assists last season (illustrated below).
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • Four days later, loaded with crude oil, the Kiku passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The Maryland Data Privacy Act was one of several laws passed in this year's legislative session aimed at curbing federal immigration enforcement in the state.
    — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of passed
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  • Settlement Institutions need capital, controls, systems and people to manage the gap between when a trade is agreed and the asset plus the payment are transferred.
    — Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Funds added to your Checking Account are transferred to your Chime Card Secured Deposit Account - other than Chime Card cash deposits at retailers, which go to your Chime Card Account, then deposit to your Secured Deposit Account.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
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  • The South Bay reached record employment in July, adding 3,300 jobs even as California shed 20,500 positions and the Bay Area’s technology sector continued to contract, new state figures show.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • While both sides have indicated that an interim agreement is forthcoming, with the president even Truthing Wednesday that a deal had been reached, it hasn’t been finalized.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of reached
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  • The two companies entrusted perfumers Marie Salamagne and Fabrice Pellegrin to create the juice.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Department’s priority is ensuring that children are protected online and that companies entrusted with their personal information meet their legal obligations.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Musk, Kushner, and air defenses On air defenses, Zelensky contrasted the number of Patriot missiles supplied in 2023 – which was 675 – with the forecast number of 264 this year.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Water for the golf course is supplied by laser, effective in water-saving.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Though Sex and the City ended two entire decades ago, many of her most valuable life lessons—usually delivered via purring, zingy one-liners, either with a dirty martini in one hand or while waving a fork over brunch—feel just as relevant today.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Cloverleaf, a real estate developer founded in 2024, has built a pipeline of projects across North America and delivered multiple gigawatt-scale developments.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
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“Handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handed. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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