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as in liberalism
a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom a rising politician who is being hailed as the new voice of the left

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verb

past tense of leave
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as in bequeathed
to give by means of a will I'm going to leave all of my possessions to my children

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as in quitted
to give up (a job or office) he left his job in the city and moved out into the country

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Recent Examples of left
Noun
In the event of another snap parliamentary election, a recent Elabe poll suggests the National Rally would emerge on top, with the left coming in second and Macron’s centrist bloc a distant third. Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 Salazar initially moved his glove to his left — often a sign that the catcher believed his pitcher was going to throw a different pitch. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 The comet will also be positioned about 2 degrees to the left of the second magnitude star Izar, also in Boötes. Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025 After both players birdied the eighteenth hole the first two playoff holes, Lagergren found the water to the left of the green on the third playoff hole, opening the door for McIlroy. Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for left
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Noun
  • But in this history, Thompson and Klein, bard of the Times’ daily podcast, make a legible case for the failings of 20th century liberalism.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • So why has the New Haven Ivy—considered a bastion of liberalism for the past decade—felt none of his wrath?
    Clara Molot, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Before 2014, the building was abandoned and MIA wanted to tear it down.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Drummond is blamed for the deaths of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home's front yard in rural west Tennessee.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Kenwood painting was part of the Iveagh collection bequeathed by Lord Iveagh in 1927.
    Gareth Harris, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Following the funeral, John's sister meets with Oscar and tells him that John has bequeathed his manor upstate to him.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, after the mother handed him over, Agba allegedly walked out of the line and began to walk away, according to the outlets.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Soboleva handed her a few pieces of paper and smiled.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The season will detail 10 different cases, including a Las Vegas journalist ambushed outside his residence, a body dumped in a NYC tunnel, and a mission to discover the identity of a victim found in the East River.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Here, they’re treated like sweet potatoes or cabbages, dumped by the dozen into large plastic bags, or piled into car trunks waiting for sale.
    Haicen Yang, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Born three months premature, the quads spent about 10 weeks in the hospital in Boston before three of them were allowed to go home.
    Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Murders on public transit like that of Iryna Zarutska should never be allowed to happen again.
    Adeola Adeosun Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Red Sox got a run back on Masataka Yoshida’s RBI single in the third, but the club later stranded men at the corners in both the fourth and sixth, squandering what turned out to be the club’s last scoring opportunities.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The two met when Bethany was a teenager on a school trip who got stranded in Warsaw for a month when ash from an Icelandic eruption grounded planes across Europe.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then the key to Finnish success in reducing homelessness is the housing-first model, where the logic is that you're not required to quit using alcohol or narcotics.
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Growing economic uncertainty has kept workers from quitting their jobs and has led businesses to slow down hiring decisions, experts say.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Left.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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