as in assistance
an act or instance of helping
a key endorsement that would give the struggling candidate a real leg up right now
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Recent Examples of leg up
Apple's more personal approach to AI, if fully realized, could give Apple a leg up.
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Ina Fried, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Looking for a leg up on the new year?
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2024
Chicago is still steamrolling through awards season, giving Rob Marshall a leg up.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
This gives turkey a nutritional leg up over other animal proteins like beef and lamb, said Luis Rustveld, an associate professor of family and community medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.
—Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Ina Fried, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Read More 2025 Interior Design Forecast: AD PRO’s Predictions for the Whole Home
Looking for a leg up on the new year?
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2024
Chicago is still steamrolling through awards season, giving Rob Marshall a leg up.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
This gives turkey a nutritional leg up over other animal proteins like beef and lamb, said Luis Rustveld, an associate professor of family and community medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.
—Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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State police troopers, with the assistance from the New Britain and Farmington Police Departments, were able to stop the vehicle.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
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Medics provide assistance, this is logical, but the context is extremely important.TIME Photo Department, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
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None of them have anyone quite like Mohamed Salah, who enjoyed another record-breaking afternoon with two goals and two assists.James Pearce, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Gonzalez has now contributed three goals and an assist in just 399 minutes of action, giving Thiago Motta the kind of incisive and inventive edge his side lacks without their vibrant number 11.Adam Digby, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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It’s made with premium memory foam and has a unique 360-degree, ergonomic design that fully aligns with your neck and spine, offering unparalleled support.Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2025
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Taken to the extreme, though, the intensive approach can foreclose opportunities for community support.Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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But in the meantime, those who know her are left to ponder an illness that appears to have consumed the caring mother, in spite of her efforts to get help.Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
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Police departments in Carroll County could get help from the state with funding the high cost of outfitting officers with body cameras, if a bill introduced in the Maryland General Assembly is passed.Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2023
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Another boost for the market: The economy avoided a recession that many on Wall Street worried was inevitable after the Federal Reserve raised its main interest rate to a two-decade high in hopes of slowing the economy to beat high inflation.COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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The market’s mini post-Christmas slump doesn’t bode well for a ‘Santa Claus’ rally, the term for when U.S. stock indexes get a boost in the last five trading days of a year, plus the first two in the new year.Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Massie has cited bipartisan bills Johnson helped pass in explaining his opposition, including the government spending deal passed last month, legislation to send additional aid to Ukraine and the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Security Aid: The United States is sending nearly $2.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, as the Biden administration continues to rush aid to Kyiv in the weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.Marc Santora, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Leg up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg%20up. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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