handed in

verb

past tense of hand in
as in turned in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handed in
  1. turned in
  2. submitted
  3. divided
  4. distributed
  5. relinquished
  6. dispensed
  7. assigned
  8. released
Verb
  • Second-year guard Nique Clifford turned in an impressive performance off the bench.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Bolsonaro's Liberal Party also turned in strong results in races for both chambers of Brazil's Congress, particularly in the Senate, where they are expected to hold 29 seats, compared to just nine for Lula's Workers Party.
    — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of turned in
Verb
  • Line of Duty producer World Productions has submitted separate plans to reimagine the Time Lord after CEO Simon Heath recently mooted his interest in the Doctor Who tender.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • His arrest came after a DNA sample submitted to the state crime lab by the State Bureau of Investigation and the Chapel Hill Police Department matched a profile found at the original crime scene, authorities said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of submitted
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  • The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.
    — Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of divided
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  • Among Parton’s charitable efforts aimed at education was her Imagination Library, which has distributed more than 300 million books to children worldwide over the past 30 years.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In total, 96 groups across the country saw their funding expire at the end of the September, because of a reorganization in the way federal dollars are being distributed.
    — Ciara McCarthy October 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of distributed
Verb
  • Tate Nagy relinquished punt return duties to Keaton Kubecka Saturday.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Suwarso relinquished his standard four-ticket allocation for the game.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of relinquished
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  • In May, a federal appeals court granted Louisiana’s request to reinstate a nationwide requirement that mifepristone be dispensed in person.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The agency has repeatedly reaffirmed the pill’s safety and effectiveness over the years, in addition to easing a number of restrictions on the drug, including dropping a requirement that it be dispensed in person.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispensed
Verb
  • Cybersecurity and software Top picks in cybersecurity and software are Palantir Technologies with a $250 price target and implied upside of 30%, and CrowdStrike — which the analyst assigned a $335 price target signaling a gain of 20%.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Discovery and development Clozapine was named in 1959 by researchers at the Swiss pharmaceutical company Wander AG, where it had been initially synthesized the previous year and assigned the identifier HF-1854.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of assigned
Verb
  • There’s also the heating and cooling system, wherein heat generated by the hotel’s air-conditioning units is used to produce hot water rather than being released into the atmosphere.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Russian officials have not released figures on damage to the country's oil infrastructure.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
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