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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
Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 2 June 2025
Apply in the morning or evening, avoid extreme temps, and test on a small leaf first.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 May 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
Latex precaution: The latex from the aloe vera plant leaf may be unsafe when taken in high doses.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 2 June 2025
Apply in the morning or evening, avoid extreme temps, and test on a small leaf first.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 May 2025
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Verb
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In fact, Bivens flipped for the FBI as a cooperating witness a few days before Pino killed himself, playing a critical role in solidifying the feds’ case.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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The Baloncesto Superior Nacional league announced Tuesday that Cousins was kicked off the Mets de Guaynabo after a vile gesture toward a fan, grabbing his genitals to mock the fan as the fan flipped both his middle fingers.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2025
Noun
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In February, the new Trump administration rescinded an OCR fact sheet issued by the Department of Education in the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2025
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Come fall, simply swap your cooling sheets for insulated flannel sheets to enjoy this cushy quilt in every season.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
Verb
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The Savannah Bananas thumbed their nose at such nonsense.—
Emma Moon,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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The Manchester-by-the-Sea health board has thumbed its nose at voters with callous indifference.—
Peter Brennan,
Boston Herald,
26 May 2025
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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