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Recent Examples of leaf
Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.
—Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 May 2025
Cutting one or two leaf nodes down helps hide the old stem.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
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Verb
This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.
—Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.
—Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
Noun
At Lai Rai, diners pair creamy scoops of avocado or toasty banana leaf with the bar’s mostly French and Italian natural wine list.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 May 2025
Cutting one or two leaf nodes down helps hide the old stem.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
Verb
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The town of London, 75 miles south of Lexington, was devastated − with entire neighborhoods razed with homes reduced to rubble, downed power lines and cars flipped and strewn onto yards.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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But today, the most successful creators are flipping that script by monetizing directly through community, content and commerce.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Despite being light and airy, the sheets regulate temperature year-round and have even replaced our old winter wool sheets.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
29 May 2025
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His sheet would include key metrics like return on equity, debt levels, and cash generation.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Verb
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On the heels of a 22-year attendance high and a TV ratings surge that thumbed its nose at the cord-cutting trends, the WNBA heads back to the court with a mission to convert even more casual observers into fans than was the case a year ago.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
16 May 2025
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The state planned to keep its gender-eligibility policy to allow biological males to compete against females in sports, thumbing its nose at President Donald Trump's executive order.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2025
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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