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How to use the word single-handedly in a Sentence?

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Putting in that pitch clock and the rules around it has been single handedly responsible for shaving off 25 minutes of kind of dead time off a baseball game, i think that’s probably still a positive in the net sense, but at the same time you do lose a little bit of that other stuff.

Neil Paine

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm a constitutional conservative, i voted with folks like Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Sen. Tim Scott to preserve the Constitution because what we couldn't do is allow one person -- the vice president of the United States -- to single-handedly overturn the Electoral College and the results of a presidential election.

Nancy Mace

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Despite all research to the contrary, there's a view that the guy in the corner office is almost single-handedly responsible for the value of the company, and so you've got to do whatever you can do to keep him happy and make sure he doesn't leave.

Sarah Anderson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don’t believe a governor should upset the elected balance of power by single-handedly overturning the balance of power the people voted for.

Kevin Paffrath

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

JFK-style Democrat i don’t believe a governor should upset the elected balance of power by single-handedly overturning the balance of power the people voted for.

Kevin Paffrath

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

China's climate progress is filled with irony and has been two steps forward, one step back, it is the biggest manufacturer, investor, and developer of renewable energy on one hand, but single-handedly burns half of the world's coal.

Li Shuo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You can never do right, it seems, this is the man who literally has brought Latino-ness and Puerto Rican-ness to American. I couldn’t do it. I’d love to say I did but I couldn’t. Lin-Manuel has done that really single-handedly.

Rita Moreno

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's like you can never do right it seems, this is the man who literally has brought Latino-ness and Puerto Rican-ness to America. I couldn't do it. I mean, I would love to say I did, but I couldn't. Lin-Manuel has done that, really single-handedly, and I'm thrilled to pieces, and I'm proud that he produced my documentary.

Rita Moreno

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He just single-handedly spaced our floor on offense, when you have to give that much attention to somebody, coach always draws up a good first play to get him off, he hits it and then it’s like the rest of the night that team is worried about him coming off pin-downs. Then now, he is getting some cutting baskets because they are so worried about him coming off the screen. It just changes the dynamics of your offense.

Mason Plumlee

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I do believe that the company (Ant) is highly successful innovator and has really single-handedly created fintech in China as we know it, i remain optimistic about the future of this company.

Fred Hu

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I single-handedly bought the rest of the Amazon supply in the middle of the night, i have a closet full of it at home.

Brian Conrad

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's nobody's job individually to act as a financial Hercules. You don't have to single-handedly hold up the U.S. economy, right now, we just don't know how protracted this crisis will be, and more people will be better off conserving cash.

Lynnette Khalfani-Cox

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Leadership is not about working towards a goal single-handedly. Leadership is about inspiring and motivating people to work together towards a goal.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
4 years ago

Rare earth elements aren't being recycled from electronics right now, and that's a huge problem — China has a stranglehold on the virgin material supply, this is a great idea — Apple could single-handedly create a hugely needed market for recycled rare earths.

Kyle Wiens

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If you listened to some of our more breathless critics, you could be forgiven for thinking that we are single-handedly dismantling western democracy, collaborating with the Russians, the Iranians, the Bilderberg Group, the Illuminati and the guys who faked the moon landings to manipulate our citizens, rig elections and tear down our democratic institutions.

Nick Clegg

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If look at what the company has done, it's truly unprecedented, it's not only almost single handedly jump started the electric vehicle segment, it's moved from a niche automaker to be a mainstream competitor for the luxury brands.

Rebecca Lindland

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I hear it everywhere I go: 'Drug overdose deaths, the vast majority of them related to prescription opioids or heroin, are single-handedly destroying families and communities across Missouri and the country,' and I refuse to just stand by and watch, we have an obligation to everyone devastated by this epidemic to find answers.

Claire McCaskill

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Already, Alzheimer's consumes one in every five Medicare/Medicaid dollars, with 71 million baby boomers headed toward risk age, this will go to one in three, perhaps in the next decade, at which point Alzheimer's will single-handedly collapse Medicare/Medicaid.

Rudy Tanzi

Found on CNN
7 years ago

He single-handedly defined government as something that was bad, he shaped the way we think of politics. He set in motion the belief that less government is much better.

Charles Gallagher

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Ronald Reagan single-handedly defined government as something that was bad, ronald Reagan shaped the way we think of politics. Ronald Reagan set in motion the belief that less government is much better.

Charles Gallagher

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Dos Santos is one of the few leaders in Africa who can actually single-handedly raise billions, angola is the largest recipient of Chinese FDI in Africa and increased FDI is one of the ways to avoid recession.

Anthony Lopes Pinto

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Single-handedly, I ushered in the recession...only you and my mother think that.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Single-handedly, no country can overcome this threat and therefore through pooling our resources together ...we are going to overcome this challenge.

Idriss Deby

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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