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noun

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Recent Examples of lefty
Noun
The Mets will no longer have to face the lefty in the late innings of close games with the club signing the reliever to a two-year, $22 million contract, pending a physical, the Daily News confirmed. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025 The Yankees have been reportedly dancing around the idea of reacquiring 34-year-old Tim Hill, a lefty journeyman who was released by the Chicago White Sox on June 18 last season, only to sign with the Yankees two days later. John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Put simply, the coaching staff is using all three lefty defencemen heavily versus elite competition and each of the three is delivering impressive results. Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 With spring training opening in 2 1/2 weeks, the Rays have only two other lefty relievers, Garrett Cleavinger and Mason Montgomery, on their 40-man roster. Marc Topkin, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for lefty 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lefty
Adjective
  • There appeared to be the votes on the Miami-Dade commission to build a modern replacement of the incinerator on the same location in Doral, until Eric Trump, who runs the president’s hospitality business, came out against the plan days after his father won the 2024 election.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • While the hotel's interiors ooze modern sophistication (there is a sleek marble fireplace in the lobby and a statement chandelier hanging above an elegant seating area), the decor also pays homage to the property's roots.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Makeup design doesn’t always mean prosthetics or extremes — that’s why the Emmy Awards smartly single out contemporary makeup design as its own category.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The series overlapped slightly with Norman Lear's All in the Family and just preceded The Jeffersons, both of which launched a new era in American television of sitcoms that featured families of color and tackled contemporary social and cultural issues.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Delicate floral prints and pastel pinks meet structured blouson jackets and tailored trousers in neutral tones.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Once cut, the cake would show one of two colors: blue, meaning six more weeks of winter, or pink, indicating an early spring.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Salah did drop back to support his team-mates defensively on occasion, but Slot’s comments showed his preference to keep the Egypt international in an advanced position to try to expose the gaps left behind by the advancing Kerkez.
    Mark Carey, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This significant increase in speed is accompanied by a remarkable reduction in operational resistance by 22% and a weight decrease of 10%, thanks to the use of advanced materials, such as carbon fiber composites and magnesium alloys.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The 2010s resistance to Trump — that sprawling, seemingly irrepressible mass movement that joined everyone from Bush Republicans to Bernie socialists — was like little else in the modern era.
    Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • But to hear Biden, who ran for the Presidency not as a democratic socialist or a social democrat but as a centrist in the party, speak out against the gathering signs of oligarchy has meaning.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Lefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lefty. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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