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Recent Examples of leaf
Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
Part of the life cycle of this fungus is entirely within the leaf.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 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
Her pieces usually have an amorphous shape imitating the outline of the plant’s transversal cut, like a very thin slice of a branch, root, leaf or seed.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
Part of the life cycle of this fungus is entirely within the leaf.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 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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But Republicans will be vying for the seats as well in the hopes of flipping one of the seats and helping the GOP hold onto their razor-thin majority in the House.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Two teens are dead and three others remain seriously injured Monday after their car flipped over in a crash and slid into oncoming traffic in Pompano Beach on Friday night.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Federal cuts may fortify the balance sheet in the short term, but state and local economies will be stifled in the long run.—
Dee Stewart,
Boston Herald,
20 June 2025
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These are the best sheets to sleep on, from cotton percale to bamboo and linen.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
20 June 2025
Verb
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More than 1,600 reviewers give this cheesy pasta two thumbs up – or five stars.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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By continuing to insist that the United States does not need Canada – or any other country – Trump is thumbing his nose at our biggest trade partners and allies.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
11 May 2025
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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