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  • present participle of lean.
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leaning

[lee-ning] / ˈli nɪŋ /


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My feeling is he is leaning towards continuing, but only if he feels he can be confident Aston Martin will be in decent shape next year.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“When a film is released in Imax or shot in Imax, I think it’s a signal to audiences that it’s somewhat special, and the filmmaker is really leaning in in a unique way.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

She’s very risk-averse — especially when it comes to her finances—so she’s leaning toward conservative options like CDs or a high-yield savings account.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Beijing has also been leaning on its coast guard as it seeks to enforce control over an area through which trillions of dollars of trade passes each year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Tess said, leaning in to get a better look at it.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

I’m hoping that on this 250th anniversary, people put their political leanings aside and celebrate America.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Stratton, who stressed her progressive leanings throughout the campaign, defeated two of the state’s congressional representatives, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, and was declared the victor by the Associated Press.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

Resendez typically sees responses shift more according to income level than political leanings.

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

But sometimes the person trying to help you through a weak moment is, for the duration of that task, just a person—not a pundit or podcaster with problematic leanings.

From Slate Feb. 15, 2026

In Berlin, he knew, an ambitious liberal democracy with socialist leanings was shedding the husk of its past and guiding the birth of a new republic in the thirties.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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