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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
Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
Each ‘leaf’ creates an isolated dish, so your olive brine doesn’t mix with your sharp cheddar.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
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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
Soothing green tea leaf extract calms redness, while moisturizing butylene glycol leaves skin feeling dewier and smoother.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
Each ‘leaf’ creates an isolated dish, so your olive brine doesn’t mix with your sharp cheddar.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
Verb
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The Nuggets responded with consecutive 3s by Murray and Jalen Pickett to flip the tide.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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In December, the Emmy-winning Entertainment Tonight host flipped the script and took on a whole new role in the Lifetime holiday movie A Runaway Bride for Christmas.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lay individual grapes out on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil or parchment paper.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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Wrap plants with a blanket, sheet or row-cover cloth.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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He was criticized for seemingly thumbing his nose at the NFL’s Rooney Rule and only interviewing four candidates before selecting Vrabel.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Back during the height of covid, the Olde Mecklenburg Brewery thumbed its nose at social-distancing recommendations and crammed upwards of a thousand people into its beer garden for its annual Mecktoberfest.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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