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Recent Examples of leadoff
Verb
This year’s cohort leads off with Oracle co-founder Edward Oates, who is receiving the lifetime achievement award; D.C. Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025 Tamira Chapman, the CEO of Storehouse In A Box, leads off the 2025 ForbesBLK newsletter CEO Series with a Q&A discussing a new endeavor with Penguin Random House to create Storehouse Voices. Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 Shortly past the trailhead, a small trail leads off to the right. Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025 Quincy Wilson led off the first heat of the 4x400-meter relay for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games. Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for leadoff 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leadoff
Adjective
  • The success of those first two performances made possible a three-week autumn season consisting of 16 performances of eight operas; 12 of those performances sold out.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey face no shortage of peril in the first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Criticism of Gascón first began in January, after writer Sarah Hagi shared screenshots of Gascón’s purported past posts on X, which have been translated by Google.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Negotiations for a new contract had begun in July, followed by mediation sessions in September, but no agreement was reached.
    Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The initial deadline Thursday was postponed until Monday because of the court battle.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Taylor is wearing the T initial chain from the Grammys as a necklace vs her upper thigh!
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Their An Evening with Jagged Edge: 25 Years of ‘J.E. Heartbreak’ anniversary tour, produced by Live Nation Urban, commences on Wednesday, Mar. 26 in Dallas.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Davis’ final touchdown at Arrowhead Stadium was supposed to be the dagger in the Chiefs’ hopeful return to the AFC Championship, as there were just 13 seconds left on the fourth-quarter clock when the Bills’ kickoff commenced.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • John Graves Simcoe, the inaugural lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, intended to create a model colony, one that would lure Americans back to British rule.
    Lawrence B.A. Hatter / Made by History, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
  • In January 2026, Four Seasons will debut its inaugural yacht.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Senate Budget Committee plans to start working on Graham's proposal next Wednesday.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
  • TikTok does not operate a U.S. ad library that would include information about when the ads started, or how much YouTube has paid for them.
    Alexandra S. Levine Bloomberg News (WPNS), arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This was one of their departure numbers — a maiden voyage of a work leading to future ports of entry.
    Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • As TVLine exclusively reported, the second half Doctor Odyssey’s maiden voyage will see the return of country music icon Shania Twain as widowed passenger Heather, who cozied up to Don Johnson’s Captain Massey during Singles Week.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The federal warning center had attempted six times to cancel the original incorrect broadcast message.
    Steve Koester, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Not involved in the new iteration is writer/director Joss Whedon, who created the original series and oversaw its seven-season run from 1997-2003.
    Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 6 Feb. 2025

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“Leadoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leadoff. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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