leave alone
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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
While she is happy with the cuts so far, she hopes they leave alone social security - the monthly government payments that she and 67 million retired or disabled Americans live off.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025
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
The only thing I leave alone is the ceiling, because white contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum at full brightness.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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