Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical.
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- adjective involving
active participation
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- adjective involving active participation
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Examples
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'This is what you called a hands-on job,' she said.
A Greenwich Château Maya Pope-Chappell 2011
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F = Designer and artisan: professions and fields that entail hands-on designing and crafting of artistic and functional objects and employ an eye for visual design, color, style, and a keen sense of spatial acuity
Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008
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F = Designer and artisan: professions and fields that entail hands-on designing and crafting of artistic and functional objects and employ an eye for visual design, color, style, and a keen sense of spatial acuity
Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008
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And Harbaugh, known as a hands-on coach, didn't disappoint - at one point screaming, That was a great rep!
SFGate: Top News Stories ebranch@sfchronicle.com (Eric Branch 2011
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And Harbaugh, known as a hands-on coach, didn't disappoint - at one point screaming, That was a great rep!
SFGate: Top News Stories ebranch@sfchronicle.com (Eric Branch 2011
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Daddy was never what you’d call a hands-on father, but he’d never been so distant.
And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010
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Daddy was never what you’d call a hands-on father, but he’d never been so distant.
And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010
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To an untrained eye, this preparation looks no different than someone receiving a hands-on healing.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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An independent chair cannot be expected to have — and in most cases, will not have — hands-on knowledge about fund operations.
SEC Taxes Mutual Funds?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It's tough to believe any reputable doctor could prescribe Viagra (say) without a hands-on medical exam, but it does occur.
Online Trade Barriers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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