leaves off

present tense third-person singular of leave off

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of leaves off An easy way to keep the lawn healthy and leaves off the lawn is to rake often. Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025 Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp. Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025 Defenders fall to the ground like leaves off a tree when Lemon sprints to open spaces. Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025 Any list of top-5 Nuggets that leaves off Melo is suspect. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025 The book leaves off on a more ambiguous note, as Eleanor explains that she and Jamie weren't meant to be together. Caroline Blair, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaves off
Verb
  • Louisville lawmakers have passed an ordinance that ends permit requirements for some protests — an effort led by a Republican council member who has in the past called out Mayor Craig Greenberg's administration for not enforcing the city's permitting rules.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
  • With durable designs and timeless style, these pieces will make holiday cooking easier — and continue to serve you long after the season ends.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To begin with, their source data on funding priorities stops at 2007, leaving a roughly 15-year gap where research funding can't be analyzed, but patents are still being filed.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There was an awkward pause before the couple did what everyone does when an escalator stops escalating.
    Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Without any of the three, money once again ceases to circulate.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the details may subtly shift between each retelling, but the story always remains the same and never ceases to grab attention.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The threat of another MLB lockout looms when the current Basic Agreement expires after the 2026 season.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The Little Rock Board of Directors must confirm Buchanan's reappointment to the panel, which would be for a five-year term that expires in September 2030.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At one point our conversation halts as Bailey gestures toward the window, where two men stroll past arm in arm.
    Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Gun-toting Henry halts the escaping car and holds the nefarious trio at gunpoint.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Like Week 2 of the NFL season, Week 4 concludes with dual MNF offerings.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Rodgers may still fully be planning to retire after the 2025 season concludes.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the death of her boyfriend, Atlanta singer Ruth (Serayah McNeill) quits her hip-hop group, moves to Tennessee and gets a job harvesting grapes.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The WIldcats were outscored 138-14 over their first two games before calling it quits.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Leaves off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaves%20off. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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