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leaver

  • a word derived from leave.
    leave
    verb (used with object)
    to go out of or away from, as a place.

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I also met Chereece, a care leaver who says she was moved between holiday homes in Wales for months - sometimes twice in a week.

From BBC May 20, 2026

Whether they swap their graffitied school shirt for a United shirt, City shirt, or neither, each leaver departs with lessons learned.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2023

So... a month after being laid off, Meta sends me a box labeled "leaver" containing "sad" & "wow" emoji Christmas tree ornaments.

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2022

There was no note explaining this; just a random box for "leaver."

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2022

There were many picturesque figures among them, and, if I possessed the quick pencil of Kaulbach, I might have filled a dozen leaver of my sketch-book.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various