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leeway
[ lee-wey ]
noun
- extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin:
With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.
- a degree of freedom of action or thought:
His instructions gave us plenty of leeway.
Synonyms: , ,
- Also called sag. Nautical. the amount or angle of the drift of a ship to leeward from its heading.
- Aeronautics. the amount a plane is blown off its normal course by cross winds.
leeway
/ ˈːˌɱɪ /
noun
- room for free movement within limits, as in action or expenditure
- sideways drift of a boat or aircraft
Example Sentences
That leaves a lot of leeway for a menu, the ability — as Masters winners from Scottie Scheffler to Tiger Woods did — to default to bone-in ribeye or porterhouse steaks.
Soon after his Jan. 8 inauguration, Lurie introduced an ordinance that allows the city to more quickly open new shelter and treatment programs while giving his office leeway to pursue private funding for those efforts.
The 50-year-old said signs warning of the charge were too small to read on the approach to the site and he argued there was no leeway time to exit upon realising it was permit-only.
But over the years, Congress has given the executive branch more leeway over foreign trade, beginning with the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act in 1934.
The team is made up of roughly a dozen employees — people mostly in their 20s and 30s from outside politics — who work out of the White House and are given wide leeway to craft content.
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