variants
or ley
leather
variant spelling of lea
Examples of lea in a Sentence
Noun (1)
across the lea rolls a lonely wagon
the cattle were free to range over the lea
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Women make up 13% of the Sierra Leone parliament, 13% of the cabinet, and 19% of local government lea, according to Massaquoi.
—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 1 Feb. 2023
That score came after Ohio State extended its lea to 38 points on a 32-yard touchdown catch by Emeka Egbuka earlier in the fourth quarter.
—Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022
Named for the city’s pre-1925 moniker, the lea was spared from possible development in 2003 by local conservation group Siskiyou Land Trust.
—Brian Coyne, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2019
The most obvious first step would be to see if there actually is a lea threshold that varies between cells.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2012
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
Even in the playwright Annie Baker’s quietest pieces, ley lines of power lie buried in the soil; there’s a hum to her plays, a sense of old energies animating earthly matters.
—The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
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Noun
Plus, its scent evokes the heralding of springtime, with a fresh aroma of light rain on a grassy lea.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Women make up 13% of the Sierra Leone parliament, 13% of the cabinet, and 19% of local government lea, according to Massaquoi.
—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 1 Feb. 2023
That score came after Ohio State extended its lea to 38 points on a 32-yard touchdown catch by Emeka Egbuka earlier in the fourth quarter.
—Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022
Named for the city’s pre-1925 moniker, the lea was spared from possible development in 2003 by local conservation group Siskiyou Land Trust.
—Brian Coyne, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2019
The most obvious first step would be to see if there actually is a lea threshold that varies between cells.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2012
Noun
While Watkins thought of ley lines as prehistoric walking paths or trade routes defined by invisible roads connecting various ancient structures and landmarks, the idea has had different interpretations over the years.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
Even in the playwright Annie Baker’s quietest pieces, ley lines of power lie buried in the soil; there’s a hum to her plays, a sense of old energies animating earthly matters.
—The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
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“Lea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lea. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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