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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
Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
The stick and stone represent yes or no, while the leaf cards, which are specially incised with certain meanings, offer further clarification.
—Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 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
Her brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail, revealing a necklace shaped like a ginkgo leaf.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
The stick and stone represent yes or no, while the leaf cards, which are specially incised with certain meanings, offer further clarification.
—Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
Verb
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Presto, Mahomes and the Chiefs flipped the script from out of the danger zone into taking charge.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cars were flipped over, traffic lights and lamp posts were torn down, and there were even unconfirmed reports of explosions.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s DoE could also replace the fact sheet with one that offers a very different take.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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There’s even a public Google sheet being passed around that lists more than 900 Los Angeles-area therapists who are offering pro bono therapy to process the trauma of the L.A. wildfires.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Boston Rob explains taking that huge Deal or No Deal Island gamble Even after 25 years, there are still people in Hollywood who thumb their nose at the reality competition genre.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Lead singer Hayley Williams and Swift hold thumbs up, as the band dressed in red and white smile backstage.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2024
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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