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Recent Examples of leaf
Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
His 2021 El Alma de Jonata has aromas of graphite, tobacco leaf, red plum, and black raspberry.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
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
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Verb
Many locations south and east of that line are still a week or more away from their best leaf colors of 2025.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
His 2021 El Alma de Jonata has aromas of graphite, tobacco leaf, red plum, and black raspberry.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
Verb
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When a small girl darted out into the road, Lala steered sharply to miss the child, and flipped her Jeep several times in the process.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
13 Oct. 2025
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Nix took the snap, flipped his hips out to the right and pump-faked to Mims.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tim Skipper holds a paper sheet on his person at all times while talking shop, calling plays on the sidelines.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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When the sheet was pulled off of Thomas’ pillar, Smith reached her hand, her nails painted in Broncos’ colors, to the bronze bust of her son’s face.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The video player page includes a description, links to similar content, and the ability to give a film a thumbs up or thumbs down.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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Since then, several states have thumbed their nose at the order.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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