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- adjective achieved without great effort
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Examples
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Balsillie says he has had briefings with company chief information officers and "this is hands-down, slam-dunk what they're looking for."
PlayBook, BlackBerry Tablet, Unveiled (PICTURES, VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Balsillie says he has had briefings with company chief information officers and "this is hands-down, slam-dunk what they're looking for."
PlayBook, BlackBerry Tablet, Unveiled (PICTURES, VIDEO) The Huffington Post/AP 2010
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The hands-down blue-ribbon-prize-winning geezer date, let's call him George, came into my life via Match.com.
Ann Landi: Dating After Divorce: Geezer Dates Ann Landi 2011
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It's hands-down pretty stuff and you can't help but like it.
Cat Weaver: Alex Prager: Where We Went From There Cat Weaver 2010
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The hands-down blue-ribbon-prize-winning geezer date, let's call him George, came into my life via Match.com.
Ann Landi: Dating After Divorce: Geezer Dates Ann Landi 2011
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Dealers said one of the hands-down masterpieces in Christie's sale was Maurice de Vlaminck's 1905 "Suburban Landscape," a textbook example of brightly colored Fauvism that was being sold by hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen.
Christie's $156M Sale Falls Short of Forecast Kelly Crow 2011
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One of the best bowls of ramen in the area is hands-down at Bones, an Asian-influenced fusion restaurant owned by the brilliant chef and restaurateur Frank Bonanno, who's decidedly not Japanese.
Gil Asakawa: Noodling on a Theme: A Colorado Ramen Roundup Gil Asakawa 2011
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Western Michigan never displayed the hands-down ferocity on defense that it takes to fulfill Hawkins 'philosophy.
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One of the best bowls of ramen in the area is hands-down at Bones, an Asian-influenced fusion restaurant owned by the brilliant chef and restaurateur Frank Bonanno, who's decidedly not Japanese.
Gil Asakawa: Noodling on a Theme: A Colorado Ramen Roundup Gil Asakawa 2011
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It's hands-down pretty stuff and you can't help but like it.
Cat Weaver: Alex Prager: Where We Went From There Cat Weaver 2010
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