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leeway

noun

ˈlē-ˌwā

Definition of leeway

as in slack

an allowable margin of freedom or variation you will be given some leeway in choosing how to carry out the project

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Recent Examples of leeway After a decade, the state legislature would have more leeway in how the extra money is spent, though NN would still require flat increases in K-12 education each year. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026 As the adaptation for Fake Skating is making leeway, Painter’s other adaptation Better Than the Movies is already filming with Julia Hart directing and David Iacono and Beatrice Kitsos starring. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 In these interviews, the soldiers map out how targets are chosen, how attacks are planned and how much leeway is given for civilian casualties. — Drew Paul, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 One section of the law does give some leeway for election officials to determine intent for write-in ballots. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for leeway

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Bond yields offered some slack on Tuesday after falling back from their highest levels in years or even decades.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
But Canales said his O-line ones and twos picked up the slack all game.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of slack

Noun

The weather determines everything in these southerly latitudes of Patagonia.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
The woman's attorneys argued that the decision wrongly gives school officials wide latitude to squelch political speech based on their personal ideas of what is vulgar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

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