leave alone
Example Sentences
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It starts from a belief that these people are operating in a world we don’t understand, and that we ought to leave alone, far from our base everyday politics and civic concerns.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
With that feedback, executives then determined which menu items to take prices up on and which to leave alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
He said Bedrock could have outsourced all of its Seattle-area manufacturing to Los Angeles, but concluded that the three “core” products remaining in the Seattle area made economic sense to leave alone.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023
Some legacies are too important to leave alone, to trust that society will properly cherish and regularly celebrate them.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2022
We move the coffee table, and some of the smaller things, but the chair, my father's chair—their chair—we leave alone.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
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