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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Federal Reserve had a little leeway to sit this one out — and did.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
• But Rost stressed that cities have a lot of leeway once those basic requirements are met.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
• Those in higher seniority roles across the board, though, might have a bit more leeway to come in late.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
• If that happens by the end of the month, doctors would have more leeway to prescribe a booster for their patients.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• Using only the plain text does not give that leeway, McClure said.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
• Having Hellberg enabled the Wings some leeway with Nedeljkovic, who has not played since Dec. 8.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2023
• There’s a presumption that doctors have a lot of leeway.
  — al, 18 Jan. 2022
• While preferring that the wiry wing jump off of two legs rather than one, Toreros coach Steve Lavin said Patton has earned some leeway on the court.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
• While states have leeway in how to spend their portion, strict rules dictate how the federal part can be used.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• But if Republicans win a majority of seats in that chamber, too, Trump will have enormous leeway to not only push his cabinet appointees through, but to also pass his legislative agenda.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
• In a major ruling in June, the court overruled a 40-year-old decision that said courts should give agencies leeway in interpreting ambiguous laws passed by Congress if their interpretation is reasonable.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024