as in side
the part or half of something that is sheltered from the wind
the lee of the ship on the lee side of the mountain
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Noun
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The only exceptions to that were the two weeks on either side of Easter, when traffic rose less than 1% year over year, the firm's data showed, a sign of the company's strategy of driving sales with holiday and seasonal merchandise.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
15 July 2025 -
On the other side, a group calling itself Citizens for the Future of Progress in Thompson has been campaigning to get a budget passed.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Drivers could simply raise their right hand to signal a move to the left.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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About all there is to Lyra is the bright star Vega, and a small parallelogram of much fainter stars just below and to the left of Vega.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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Fire will continue to back, flank and head downslope into Wooley Creek drainage under diurnal nighttime downslope winds.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 July 2025
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The English winger has been on an absolute tear since earning his first start of the season for the Colorado Rapids just a couple weeks ago, finally providing a scoring threat from the flanks, which has famously eluded the Rapids this season.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
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The first came in the top of the fourth when Buehler walked Josh Lowe and served up a two-run home run to Ha-Seong Kim, his first of the season to put the Rays ahead 2-1.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
11 July 2025
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The collection comes in sizes XXS-XXXL for tops and sizes 24-42 for bottoms.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 July 2025
Noun
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In an outside the box move that kicks off a Road to 100 festivity, DC plans to celebrate every era of its storied history annually in 10-year increments, starting at the beginning: 1935-1945.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
18 July 2025
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The Crooked Rail seats 65-70 inside and 15-20 on the scenic outside with scenic, relaxing views.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
Noun
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The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.—
The Sunset AI Lab,
Sunset Magazine,
10 May 2024
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For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.—
Robert M. Thorson,
Discover Magazine,
9 Dec. 2023
Noun
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One where healing, safety, and prosperity are not luxuries, but rights.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Citizens will need to be aware of their rights when getting into an accident.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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“Lee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lee. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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