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Leeway
Leeway meaning
The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction. | A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility. | An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.
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Example sentences (20)
In other words, the Brits would like us to execute these two in particular, or at least give a US court that leeway, while still protesting that the leeway exists.
A 2015 amendment gave the military more leeway to prosecute civilians, but it expired in 2019.
And when you look at what happens to other welfare programs where states have a lot of leeway about how they spend their money, they spend it in a lot of ways that don’t have much to do with helping poor folks.
As of 9:15 a.m., 2,165 customers in Arlington — including parts of the East Falls Church, Leeway Overlee and Madison Manor neighborhoods — were affected.
Beyond that, Everton entered January having done due diligence on the market and should there be any leeway in the finances the club may strike if a chance arises.
Demonstrators took particular aim at article 435-1 of the internal security code, introduced in 2017, which extends authorities’ leeway to shoot in the event of a suspect’s refusal to comply.
Even though Lindholm’s cap hit in the final year of his deal is far from outrageous ($4.85 million), Boston has little leeway when it comes to its fiscal situation.
However, France still has legal leeway to go after Salameh's assets.
However, the past is now irrelevant, and the future comes with four lanes of leeway.
Neirman continued to lament the leeway the state is given to convict someone using anything they can throw at him coupled with the permissiveness of the judges that is erasing the rights of the accused.
Smith said airlines hit hard by past pandemic restrictions are operating on such shoestring budgets they have little leeway if something goes wrong.
The leeway had offered certain judges, especially the office of the CJP, to play a political role.
Therefore, the course provides lots of leeway for growth in each individual student.
There is still some leeway in romantic and social affairs, but not much.
They negotiated limits on behavior, designating invading the field and throwing missiles as red lines but allowing a tacit leeway on pyrotechnics in service to spectacle.
This allowed Prowse to be a little more playful with his performance, as well as additional leeway to flub lines.
This gives developers or farmers leeway to claim that they didn’t know or weren’t aware that there was a cemetery on their property after removing it.
Those who see this past as prologue believe that the current Supreme Court majority may provide the red states great leeway to establish a legal regime that defines rights much more narrowly than in the rest of the country.
Under the proposal, there would be a certain amount of leeway applied with warnings to be issued, however shots around the torso would attract yellow cards and high shots would result in an automatic red card.
While that’s good news for workers and for the economy, it also gives the Fed more leeway to keep rates high.