leaded
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of windows) composed of small panes of glass held in place by thin grooved strips of lead
leaded lights
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(of petrol) containing tetraethyl lead in order to improve combustion
Etymology
Origin of leaded
Example Sentences
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Braiding memoir, pop science and true crime, Fraser delivers a remarkable, persuasive narrative about how good-old-fashioned American values — manufacturing might, westward expansion, cheap leaded gas — turned into a literally toxic combination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
"A lot of piston aircraft can't use leaded fuel in the future so they're looking for alternatives and ways we can decarbonise the lower end of aviation," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
From this data, they estimated lead's assault on mental health and personality by calculating "mental illness points" gained from leaded gas exposure as a proxy for its harmful impact on public health.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
The challenged California law bans the possession, manufacture, importation or sale of “any leaded cane, or any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a billy, blackjack, sandbag, sandclub, sap, or slungshot.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
The building with its long echoing hallways and churchy smell, its leaded windows, its Gothic gloom.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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