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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
Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
At last released, the oak leaf falls, makes room for what comes
next.
—Contributing Monitor Poets, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 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
Jury chisels basswood into small pieces and assembles them into a traditional design called asa-no-ha, which resembles a hemp leaf pattern.
—Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
At last released, the oak leaf falls, makes room for what comes
next.
—Contributing Monitor Poets, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
Verb
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Its innovative dial was made to flip over so the metal back case would face the sun while on the wrist during a match, so the dial wouldn’t get damaged.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
3 May 2025
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Judge joined this exclusive club when the calendar flipped on Thursday.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Then, consider one more: carbs, which in the case of this recipe, come from the rice paper wrappers—one sheet contains 10 grams of ’em.—
Lizzy Briskin,
SELF,
2 May 2025
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Regularly staged behind large Plexiglas sheets that forced the audience to watch reflections of themselves perceiving the show, the plays had mesmerizing ways of generating momentary amnesia in viewers.—
Andrew Lampert,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Navratilova on Thursday posed a question to Democrats as some states have continued to thumb their nose at President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep males out of girls’ and women’s sports.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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While nearly every country has announced retaliatory tariffs, nations, businesses and their citizens are increasingly willing to thumb their noses in ways that go beyond extra costs slapped on at ports, touching all levels of commerce.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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