pass (down)

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Verb
  • Although Matthew knows better, his fears recur: Does his fumbling with the lines signal the beginning of Alzheimer’s, dementia? Some days, his spin on life is triumphant, if willed: Still kicking!
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
  • And Matthews looked like a leader, willing his team to a win.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • In the months since the verdicts were handed down, there have been new revelations that Vatican gendarmes and prosecutors were apparently in regular touch with a woman who was coaching the star witness into testifying against Becciu.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
  • To me, freedom isn't a promise handed down by the powerful.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • Only three of the top seven players in the world are left in the draw.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 July 2025
  • Capital Gains: Stability Reigns Surprisingly, the legislation leaves capital gains rates untouched.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • In ever more apocalyptic language, Trump has sought to unify his MAGA movement with strongman pledges to defend Americans from millions of hostile foreigners seeking to storm the country and to root out enemy aliens within.
    Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The film follows a ragtag group of actors (played by Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, among other stars) from an ‘80s sci-fi series who aliens unexpectedly abduct during a convention appearance.
    Matt Juul, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
Verb
  • Found items may be turned in to the Guest Services Office.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
  • Krueger turned in the medical screening form noting that Thomas had asthma.
    Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • But two of the endeavor’s most compelling aspects are difficult to convey in any individual image, no matter how spectacular: the sheer amount of data Rubin will produce and the speed with which those data will flood into astronomers’ work.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
  • But all that riz ultimately serves to convey a lacerating critique of American gun violence.
    Literary Hub July 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • The department refused to turn over a statement for Devalkenaere and issue one for McQuillen, according to Baker.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
  • Just 30 minutes later, Boasberg sought assurances that no one on the flights had gotten off the planes or were turned over to Salvadoran authorities to be housed in their most notorious prison.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Projects must also deed restrict the apartments to maintain the income requirements for 30 years.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
  • The women, who have partnered on previous projects, are proposing to remake the office building with 247 residential units deed restricted for families earning 30% to 80% of the area median income, or what’s considered affordable housing.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
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“Pass (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28down%29. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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