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leeway::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | allowance, margin, tolerance |
| Type of | variance, disagreement, discrepancy, divergence |
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | drift |
Examples of leeway
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If the Treasury has some leeway, how much time does it have to play around with?
From the theatlantic.com
That union's contract expires in June, giving Lindenhurst some leeway next year.
From the newsday.com
The courts typically give schools broad leeway to impose dress codes, said Lear.
From the sltrib.com
The new guidance, however, does not mean that caregivers are given extra leeway.
From the washingtonpost.com
These rules give companies a lot of leeway in allocating profits across borders.
From the sfgate.com
The current landscape allows the Revs some leeway to wait for the perfect deal.
From the bostonherald.com
A presidential candidate does not have any leeway when it comes to these debates.
From the economist.com
I'm giving myself a little leeway, like special occasion permission to indulge.
From the cnn.com
Executives in each bank division have leeway to decide how to achieve the cuts.
From the stltoday.com
- (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
- Allowance: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- Leeway is the amount of drift motion to leeward of an object floating in the water caused by the component of the wind vector that is perpendicular to the objectu2019s forward motion...
- SunPass is an electronic toll collection system in use by the State of Florida and was originally created by the Florida Department of Transportation's Florida's Turnpike. SunPass customers benefit from an average of a 25% discount on most tolls.
- Leeway is a crossover thrash band formed in Astoria, New York, USA in 1984 by guitarist A.J. Novello and vocalist Eddie Sutton under the name The Unruled. ...
- The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction; A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude, elbowroom; An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway
- The sideways movement of a boat away from the wind, usually unwanted. Keels and other devices help prevent a boat from having excessive leeway.
- The sliding to leeward that a boat suffers when sailing into or across the wind.
- The weather side of a ship is the side from which the wind is blowing. The Lee side is the side of the ship sheltered from the wind. A lee shore is a shore that is downwind of a ship. If a ship does not have enough "leeway" it is in danger of being driven onto the shore.
