hidden hand

noun

1. an unknown force or influence believed to be the cause of certain, often unfortunate, events

Example Sentences

“It will be really interesting to see what she’s going to dig up now that she’s going after a hidden hand.”

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Today systemic racism often operates through policies and practices designed by what I call the “hidden hand” to appear race-neutral or by obscuring the role race has played, such as in the racial wealth gap, to reframe the narrative while maintaining white dominance.

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Nicholas Confessore’s investigative reporting in The New York Times exposed a coordinated effort by the “hidden hand” to dismantle DEI initiatives under the pretext of combating “anti-white bigotry.”

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Electronic warfare remains a hidden hand in much of the war, and like Ukraine’s disadvantage in troop numbers and ammunition supplies, Ukraine suffers in this area as well in comparison to Russia.

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Protester Muhamed Yahya said there was a “hidden hand at work” that led to the charges against Zahid being dropped.

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