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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
Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2025
In response, Canadians are running the flags up the pole – with the maple leaf conveying new meaning and a certain solidarity.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 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
While there are methods of detecting elevated H2O2 levels in plants, most of them involve removing a leaf, taking it back to a lab, then subjecting it to a multi-step analysis.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2025
In response, Canadians are running the flags up the pole – with the maple leaf conveying new meaning and a certain solidarity.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
Verb
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One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
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Lee, whose career spans four decades, has solidified himself as a versatile actor capable of flipping between drama and comedy.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Great for both adults and kids alike (just check out the set with the sun and moon pattern!), these are the perfect, inexpensive sheets for guest rooms and kids’ bedrooms, but the sheets are also luxurious enough for a primary bedroom, too.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Mar. 2025
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Best Amazon Home Deals Under $25 Stock up your home for spring while these cooling bed sheets, these outdoor string lights, and cleaning gadgets are on sale.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Comically massive in scale yet modest in ambition, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie thumbs its nose at our fascination with spectacle.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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Sanchez quit school in 1969 at age 15, thumbed his way from Kansas City to Woodstock, got tear-gassed at anti-war rallies, rambled up to Canada to drop acid with draft dodgers.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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