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on the one hand

  1. Also, on one hand. As one point of view, from one standpoint. This phrase is often paired with on the other hand to indicate two sides of an issue. For example, On the one hand this car is expensive; on the other hand, it's available and we need it right now. [First half of 1600s]



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Both of these roles really capture what she does so well, which is she plays these characters that, on the one hand, are very extreme and ridiculous.

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"There is a lack of housing because homes are being hijacked - on the one hand tourist flats, and on the other hand all the empty flats belonging to vulture funds and the banks," he says.

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Four years on, violent fighting has continued between the military on the one hand, and ethnic armies and armed resistance groups on the other.

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And on the one hand, I’m very happy that the film has quite a high profile now and people are talking about it and writing about it.

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“I don’t see any disharmony in this life between evangelistic effort on the one hand and benevolent care of people who suffer or who are in need on the other,” he said.

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