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Recent Examples of leeward
Ali Wunderman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2020
This means that the leeward side of these landforms is usually drier and often protected from the high wind.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
This is one reason leeward ridges are so attractive to deer.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Further north, on the off-the-grid Cayo Frances, learn to fish from legendary fly fisherwoman Lori-Ann Murphy, and enjoy the placid, shallow waters of the leeward side of the island.
—Ali Wunderman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2020
This means that the leeward side of these landforms is usually drier and often protected from the high wind.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
Noun
For instance, mature bucks often bed on leeward ridges, ridge endings, bench edges, and more.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
This is one reason leeward ridges are so attractive to deer.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leeward
Noun
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The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.—
The Sunset AI Lab,
Sunset Magazine,
10 May 2024
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For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.—
Robert M. Thorson,
Discover Magazine,
9 Dec. 2023
Noun
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The 26-year-old will sign a six-year contract with his new side.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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This construction also helps to keep the down even throughout, which avoids any clumping on any specific side.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Parts of the plan were to split Russia's Western Military District—close to NATO's eastern flank—into two districts, Moscow and Leningrad, and to grow the size of the military.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Rovajärvi, northern Finland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Despite these provisions, which were largely a win for the party’s right flank, their moderate counterparts still lined up to support the bill.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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“Leeward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leeward. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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