leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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Salmon Fatty fish like salmon are often recommended for healing a leaky gut, a broad term for digestive symptoms resulting from intestinal lining damage.27 Research suggests that consuming salmon regularly can help digestion by positively impacting the gut microbiota.28
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
Repairing worn pipes, an obligation of the utilities not paid for through the STRIDE surcharge, makes sense for safety reasons and because leaky pipes emit 80 times more emissions than other fossil fuels.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
The Jets tried to address last year’s biggest flaws — a leaky offensive line and an insufficient backup quarterback — this offseason by adding three new starting linemen and the veteran Taylor to back up Rodgers.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
The original May 6 launch was scrubbed due to a leaky valve in the upper stage of the crew’s Atlas V rocket.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
Repairing worn pipes, an obligation of the utilities not paid for through the STRIDE surcharge, makes sense for safety reasons and because leaky pipes emit 80 times more emissions than other fossil fuels.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
The Jets tried to address last year’s biggest flaws — a leaky offensive line and an insufficient backup quarterback — this offseason by adding three new starting linemen and the veteran Taylor to back up Rodgers.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
The original May 6 launch was scrubbed due to a leaky valve in the upper stage of the crew’s Atlas V rocket.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 14 Oct. 2024.
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leaky
adjective
leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
a leaky boat
leakiness
noun
Medical Definition
leaky
adjective
: relating to or being a mutant gene that changes the structure of the protein and especially an enzyme that it determines so that some but not all of its biological activity is lost
also
: being such a protein with subnormal activity
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