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Recent Examples of leaf
Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026
On properties where no house was left, roses sprang to life and trees that had been charred started leafing again.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 5 May 2026
Not a leaf rustling toward autumn.
—Ellen Bass, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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Verb
What can residents do to help leaf, trash collectors?
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026
On properties where no house was left, roses sprang to life and trees that had been charred started leafing again.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
Leave the Leaves Many pollinators overwinter in old leaf litter and making garden beds too tidy too soon can interrupt their life cycle and remove hibernation and nesting spots.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 5 May 2026
Not a leaf rustling toward autumn.
—Ellen Bass, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
Verb
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Finally, Mira chalked her hands, boosted herself onto a dangling metal hoop, flipped upside down, and hung from a single knee, arms spread out like a rotor.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Once Wagner went down with a strained calf and missed the final three games, everything flipped.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Investors are finally understand that a living ocean is a natural capital asset that matters to the balance sheet.—
Natalie Sum Yue Chung,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Place the second puff pastry sheet on top, making sure that the edges are aligned.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Emin’s masterpiece thumbed its nose at a tradition of recumbent feminine flesh on tousled white sheets (think Titian’s Venus of Urbino, Manet’s Olympia, or any number of bosomy Lucian Freud nudes).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, that’s the only real recourse the public has with a Congress that still gleefully thumbs its nose at the laws and rules that apply to others.—
Douglas MacKinnon,
Washington Post,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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