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left

[left] / lɛft /
ADJECTIVE
on west side when facing north
Synonyms
STRONG
larboard port south
WEAK
hard to left near nigh side portside sinister sinistral
Antonyms
WEAK
right
ADJECTIVE
politically liberal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
leftist liberal
STRONG
latitudinarian progressive reformist
WEAK
advanced left-wing
Antonyms
STRONG
conservative
WEAK
right
ADJECTIVE
abandoned
Synonyms
STRONG
continuing departed extra forsaken leftover marooned over remaining residual split staying
WEAK
gone out

Example Sentences

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Surrounding it is a larger region of older, fading plasma left behind by earlier eruptions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Its Bluesky page, meanwhile, was left conspicuously blank.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Treasury market will be left assessing the extent of the damage to U.S. inflation in the wake of the cease-fire in the Middle East conflict, TD Securities’ strategists say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

She turned down the transfusion, instead accepting alternative treatment, and has since left the Jehovah's Witnesses.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

But it was all Clare could do to hide his patchy fur, his ear shriveled up like a dried mushroom, his missing left eye.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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