as in victory
an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent
the judges' decision was unanimous: the palm would go to the pianist who had played an early piece by Chopin
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as in to wish
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers
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Recent Examples of palm
Ian Sayson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Or, use the oil as a deep-conditioning treatment by rubbing a full pipette into the palms and smoothing the product through mid-lengths to ends.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
The woman had pushed aside her scarf and unbuttoned her coat so that my mother could place her hand, palm down, directly onto her dress.
—Sanaë Lemoine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Today, the group operates casinos in the Bahamas, Singapore, U.S. and U.K. With a net worth of $2.2 billion, Lim also has interests in real estate and palm plantations.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Or, use the oil as a deep-conditioning treatment by rubbing a full pipette into the palms and smoothing the product through mid-lengths to ends.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
At least that’s what Hal Wallis may have told you after the 1944 Academy Awards when Jack Warner accepted the Casablanca Oscar that some felt should have been palmed by Wallis, the Warner Bros. film’s producer.
—Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
The woman had pushed aside her scarf and unbuttoned her coat so that my mother could place her hand, palm down, directly onto her dress.
—Sanaë Lemoine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palm
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Next week: Mountain Vista vs. Fairview, TBA No. 7 Fairview beat No. 10 Chatfield, 42-15: Sophomore QB Ki Ellison threw three touchdown passes and ran for another, and Fairview (11-0) claimed its first playoff victory in five years to stay unbeaten on the season.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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That was good for a 1.5 second victory, and also automatic All-American honors.Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2024
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Given the number and variety of components provided, those wishing to extend their knowledge will find hundreds of suitable projects online.Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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This requires all who wish to support those directly affected by Helene, and others affected by the storms before and those to come, to consider long-term financial support for recovery solutions that strengthen communities in addition to immediate relief donations.Patricia McIlreavy, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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In that 3-1 win, Joselyn Robins contributed 18 kills.Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Why are people talking about the 4B movement after Trump's win?Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Israel has regularly dropped 1,000-pound and 2,000-pound bombs on Lebanon, according to analysis of aftermath imagery by weapons experts, inflicting catastrophic damage to neighborhoods and towns.Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Apart from Bugatti, few great French cars ever came stateside, save perhaps the Citroën SM (whose model name suggests the pain that car can inflict on its long-suffering owner).Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
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The first-seven-minutes clip though shows some entirely different characters and a man’s desperate attempt to try to pass off the demons pursuing him.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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Prescott has been wildly inconsistent tonight but threw the perfect pass off his back foot to find Tolbert on a crossing route.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Last month, the judge overseeing that case imposed a three-year injunction forbidding Google from a number of practices, such as the use of terms forcing app developers to use Google’s proprietary payment system for in-app billing.Brian Fung, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
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Brazilian Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes imposed the ban, citing misinformation on X, which the judge felt was not adequately moderated on the platform.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
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Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
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“Palm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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