handover
Americannoun
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handovers
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of handover
Noun use of verb phrase hand over
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After entering the International Space Station, the Crew-13 astronauts and cosmonaut will complete a brief handover with members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
"The evidence before me demonstrated the significant effect which prolonged hospital handover delays can have upon the availability of ambulance resources to respond to patient in the community," Dougan said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
She witnessed its handover to Panama in 1999 and rose through the authority’s ranks, eventually overseeing a massive project to widen the waterway to accommodate larger ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The September 9 iPhone event will be the first public measure of the handover.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Back in the smallest bedroom, Harry made the offer, careful to phrase it so as not to give any definite time for the handover of the sword.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
They said while their pay met the requirements for their contracted hours, meetings, handovers and time spent changing into uniform hadn't been accounted for, adding the trust has since changed policies and practices.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The most recent set of hostage handovers was part of the US-backed Gaza ceasefire deal that took effect on October 10.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
The service has activated plans to manage high demand, including deploying community response cars, increasing clinicians for phone assessments, and speeding up patient handovers at hospitals.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
These craven handovers will have an entirely predictable result: They will only encourage further extortionate suits against news organizations.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
The exchange, the sixth of its kind since the accord was struck nearly a month ago, went more smoothly than some of the previous handovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
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