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Recent Examples of leaver
Several aspects of the turnover process affect the likelihood that a leaver will recommend their former firm.
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Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaver
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The two first crossed paths in 2001, when Rich Boy was Maurice Richards, a soon-to-be dropout at Tuskegee University, studying mechanical engineering.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
25 Apr. 2026
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One dropout told me about the first check cut to her company, from an angel investor a year before.—
Theo Baker,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Linking their destinities is a man—presumably the traitor’s son of the title—with the extra wrinkle that Elegy is fated to fall in love with him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor.—
Sophie Austin,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mali was struck late last month by one of the biggest coordinated attacks on its army in Bamako and several other cities by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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The rebels were fully aware of these other colonies and sought to include them.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Jan. 2026
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But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.—
Ryan Cooper,
Washington Post,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Leaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaver. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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