leeway
Example Sentences
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Nonprofit legal organizations have more leeway to pursue penalties for other allegations employees experienced, even if the individual worker named in the lawsuit did not personally experience all of them.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Women have a little more leeway, but similar rules apply, she adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
“We brought in guest speakers to talk about it with a little more leeway about what’s happening right now in our climate, beyond just the basics of our data.”
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
There is no such leeway if you give away that you're going down the middle.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
That was all there was to it, but it left you precious little leeway.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.