handled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of handled
Example Sentences
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“It handled an ambiguous instruction badly,” he wrote in a follow-up post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A similar nationwide analysis of paternal mortality is not currently possible because of limitations in how birth and death data are handled.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some AI computing power and data will be processed locally, or on the device, while other applications are still handled remotely via Microsoft's cloud computing services.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
On Monday, it was announced that Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott had withdrawn from the England squad with a thigh injury and the Cherries are unhappy with the way they believe England handled the injury.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“You’ve handled us out of all the data we’ve financed,” General Knox said.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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