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left

[left] / lɛft /
ADJECTIVE
on west side when facing north
Synonyms
STRONG
larboard port south
WEAK
hard to left near nigh side portside sinister sinistral
Antonyms
WEAK
right
ADJECTIVE
politically liberal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
leftist liberal
STRONG
latitudinarian progressive reformist
WEAK
advanced left-wing
Antonyms
STRONG
conservative
WEAK
right
ADJECTIVE
abandoned
Synonyms
STRONG
continuing departed extra forsaken leftover marooned over remaining residual split staying
WEAK
gone out

Example Sentences

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It’s a treat to use one towel after the shower, not the stack housekeeping left for your entire stay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

I can’t count how many times during my stays a dispenser didn’t work or had little left in it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The Easter Tuesday raid on 15 April 1941, one of four German bombing raids in about a month that comprised the Belfast Blitz, left a shattered city in its wake.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

When she awakened the next day, she said, her left side wasn’t working properly and she was having trouble speaking clearly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Clare looked beyond Gingersnipes, into the cottage, which was as he’d left it —cozy and inviting as ever.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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