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Recent Examples of leeward
Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
For instance, mature bucks often bed on leeward ridges, ridge endings, bench edges, and more.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Ali Wunderman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2020
This means that the leeward side of these landforms is usually drier and often protected from the high wind.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
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Adjective
The water on the leeward side of Salt Cay is like glass.
—Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
For instance, mature bucks often bed on leeward ridges, ridge endings, bench edges, and more.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
Further north, on the off-the-grid Cayo Frances, learn to fish from legendary fly fisherwoman Lori-Ann Murphy, and enjoy the placid, shallow waters of the leeward side of the island.
—Ali Wunderman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2020
This means that the leeward side of these landforms is usually drier and often protected from the high wind.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leeward
Adjective
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Instead, choose a downwind location that is sheltered by evergreen shrubs or a wall.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 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 strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Even rarer these days is a repeater that does not show its gongs and hammers on the dial side.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After their summer splurge, Forest now have Hudson-Odoi, Dan Ndoye, Dilane Bakwa, James McAtee, Omari Hutchinson, and, at a push, Arnaud Kalimuendo available for the flanks.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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By striking Ukraine’s flanks and using fiber-optic drones to pressure logistical supply routes, Moscow was eventually able to push Kyiv out after months of intense fighting.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Leeward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leeward. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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