How to Use leeway in a Sentence

leeway

noun
  • They give their students leeway to try new things.
  • The Heat simply do not have the cap leeway under the tax to make a move.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2021
  • There are lots of words to say very rapidly, and there’s no leeway.
    — Barbra Streisand, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The short shelf life means there’s not much leeway to delay sales.
    — Megan Durisin, Bloomberg.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • That could give the Fed some leeway to cut rates again within months.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
  • That said, there's a good amount of leeway built into this time frame.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 Nov. 2021
  • In the same way, a fourth dimension gives a knot a lot more leeway — too much, in fact.
    — Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2022
  • Tavares said in the memo the agency should not provide the same leeway agents had given before the fire.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Remains to be seen how much leeway Love gets at a time when young passers don’t tend to get a lot of slack.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • But the union is giving a lot less leeway to any future projects.
    — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 25 July 2023
  • Wolff has some leeway to close down a small number of bars if the virus gets too intense.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Voters will grant him the leeway to fiddle with deficit rules.
    — Ido Vock, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Experts say there is some leeway for the timing of the second dose.
    — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The Lone Star State claimed that the law gives social networks enough leeway, but the judge was not convinced.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2021
  • That would give them more leeway to charge higher fares.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But for travelers with more leeway, a good chunk of the world is once again your oyster.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2021
  • More bids means more leeway for slipups and less pressure to finish near the top of the conference.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2022
  • For instance, flying on the day before Christmas Eve, rather than on the 24th, gives you a bit of leeway.
    — CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
  • These can stretch a little, giving you a little bit of give and leeway.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 13 May 2021
  • But the Hoosiers have to give Carey some leeway to handle his new position his way.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2022
  • There’s leeway for a young player who competes for a team focused on the future rather than the present.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2022
  • There is also a lot of leeway in how to interpret the stated rules.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • During this time, there is a 40-minute leeway each way, during which the flights have to go or be canceled.
    — Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2021
  • There’s more leeway in an opera for rage and violence than in a children’s book.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
  • People also change their minds, so have a leeway for them.
    — Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • But when inflation is high, or at least worries about it are, the Fed has less leeway to ease rates.
    — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But Youngkin may have some leeway to distance himself from Trump.
    — Washington Post, 17 May 2021
  • And they're given a lot, a lot of leeway and a lot of projection of innocence.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • In recent years, the state has passed several amendments giving more leeway to killing black bears out of self-defense.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The state has slowly offered more leeway to billboard companies over the years, Longest said.
    — Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2025

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