plural Leonids or Leonides
lē-ˈä-nə-ˌdēz 
: any of the meteors in a meteor shower occurring every year about November 14
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Analyst Leonid Timashev initiated coverage of the biopharmaceutical stock at an outperform rating.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Under the likes of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov, the Soviet Union was well-known for its extensive use of propaganda, including the promotion of elite sportspeople like ice hockey star Vladislav Tretiak and soccer goalkeeper Lev Yashin.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
In 1975, the Russian mathematician Leonid Kantorovich shared the Nobel in economic science for refining a rigorous mathematical theory for the optimum allocation of resources.
—Siobhan Roberts, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
One soldier, Leonid, huddled in the bone-chilling cold.
—Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Cut to President Reagan sporting a cowboy hat and enjoying some shooting practice, using targets emblazoned with the face of Leonid Brezhnev.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
In 2012, the Russian news service RIA Novosti reported that Leonid Ksanfomaliti, a scientist who worked on the Venera missions, suggested that the photographs showed living objects moving around on the planet's surface.
—Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Late University of Minnesota faculty members Norman Borlaug and Leonid Hurwicz won the National Medal of Science in 2004 for contributions in plant pathology by Borlaug and in 1990 for economics to Hurwicz.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025
Founder Leonid Mikhelson, Russia’s fourth-richest person and a close Putin ally, succeeded in completing construction of the first stage of the Arctic LNG 2 project last year — defying industry expectations that missing technology would hold it back.
—Stephen Stapczynski, Fortune, 5 May 2024
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Under the likes of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov, the Soviet Union was well-known for its extensive use of propaganda, including the promotion of elite sportspeople like ice hockey star Vladislav Tretiak and soccer goalkeeper Lev Yashin.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
In 1975, the Russian mathematician Leonid Kantorovich shared the Nobel in economic science for refining a rigorous mathematical theory for the optimum allocation of resources.
—Siobhan Roberts, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
One soldier, Leonid, huddled in the bone-chilling cold.
—Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Cut to President Reagan sporting a cowboy hat and enjoying some shooting practice, using targets emblazoned with the face of Leonid Brezhnev.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
In 2012, the Russian news service RIA Novosti reported that Leonid Ksanfomaliti, a scientist who worked on the Venera missions, suggested that the photographs showed living objects moving around on the planet's surface.
—Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Late University of Minnesota faculty members Norman Borlaug and Leonid Hurwicz won the National Medal of Science in 2004 for contributions in plant pathology by Borlaug and in 1990 for economics to Hurwicz.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025
Founder Leonid Mikhelson, Russia’s fourth-richest person and a close Putin ally, succeeded in completing construction of the first stage of the Arctic LNG 2 project last year — defying industry expectations that missing technology would hold it back.
—Stephen Stapczynski, Fortune, 5 May 2024
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“Leonid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Leonid. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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