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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
Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
The stick and stone represent yes or no, while the leaf cards, which are specially incised with certain meanings, offer further clarification.
—Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 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
Her brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail, revealing a necklace shaped like a ginkgo leaf.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
The stick and stone represent yes or no, while the leaf cards, which are specially incised with certain meanings, offer further clarification.
—Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaf
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Still, the new contract hadn't been executed by the time the calendar flipped to 2025, and PAD Atlanta and the city were trading words again through social media and a press release.Kristal Dixon, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Shortly before the calendar flipped from 2024 to 2025, the Baltimore Orioles learned their association with Corbin Burnes was a one-year partnership just like the New York Yankees and their time with Juan Soto.Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s DoE could also replace the fact sheet with one that offers a very different take.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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There’s even a public Google sheet being passed around that lists more than 900 Los Angeles-area therapists who are offering pro bono therapy to process the trauma of the L.A. wildfires.Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Boston Rob explains taking that huge Deal or No Deal Island gamble Even after 25 years, there are still people in Hollywood who thumb their nose at the reality competition genre.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lead singer Hayley Williams and Swift hold thumbs up, as the band dressed in red and white smile backstage.Bryan West, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaf. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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