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lean

Definition for lean

verb as in bend, angle toward

verb as in be disposed

Strongest matches

incline, prefer, tend

Strong matches

favor, look

verb as in count, depend on

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According to Otton, there is evidence indicating that green tea does not affect the weight of lean animals, suggesting that it acts selectively against excess body fat.

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I would be Aladdin in “A Whole New World,” and I leaned into it.

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So would Manfred just lean on the Dodgers to go along for the good of the game?

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Bioh and White lean into the theatricality of a space where Black women are allowed to uninhibitedly be themselves.

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If we lean too far into synthetic actors, we risk training audiences to settle for surfaces, for simulations of feeling rather than feeling itself.

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