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Recent Examples of leaf
Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.
—Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
Charlie Mason, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025
These include Lamb Barbacoa + Caviar (lamb belly, banana leaf, adobo, cilantro, perilla leaf, and piña asada), various steaks and whole fish.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Verb
This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.
—Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.
—Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
Noun
But taken on its own merits, her vocal was beautiful, as delicate as a leaf falling in the autumn breeze.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025
These include Lamb Barbacoa + Caviar (lamb belly, banana leaf, adobo, cilantro, perilla leaf, and piña asada), various steaks and whole fish.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
Verb
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Once finished, flip through the book to see the character move.—
Sherri Gordon, CLC,
Parents,
25 Apr. 2025
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In Quebec, the Liberals are forecast to flip 11 seats from the Bloc Québécois, while the Conservatives are only expected to win one.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ex-Core, a spin off of Donkervoort, does it differently, with sheets laid down in a smaller mold with a powder filling in the empty parts, and then cured with a self-heating tool until the powder turns to syntactic foam to push the carbon-fiber sheets into every angle of the mold.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Waukegan enforces a three-minute limit on in-person audience members who choose to speak during meetings, and also requires them to register on a sign-in sheet posted on the doors of the council chambers.—
Erin Yarnall,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Navratilova on Thursday posed a question to Democrats as some states have continued to thumb their nose at President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep males out of girls’ and women’s sports.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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While nearly every country has announced retaliatory tariffs, nations, businesses and their citizens are increasingly willing to thumb their noses in ways that go beyond extra costs slapped on at ports, touching all levels of commerce.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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