handled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of handled
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It handled about 8 million barrels of crude oil and oil products a day last year, enough to supply Japan, Germany, France and the U.K. combined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Some people are turning to donkeys to carry loads that would normally have been handled by motor vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
That raised a few eyebrows, but the truth is both drivers could have handled themselves better.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Outside the United States, access to the drug will be handled through a licensing agreement between Ionis Pharmaceuticals and Recordati, a major pharmaceutical company headquartered in Italy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Similarly, the National Journal reported that between January 1997 and October 1999, the agency handled 3.4 million orders of Pentagon equipment from over eleven thousand domestic police agencies in all fifty states.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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