leading
Example Sentences
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That said, since the end of 2025, she has been steadily improving, going from sixth to fifth to fourth to third in World Cup finishes leading into the Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times
This is the dismal tableau today in Venezuela’s Maracaibo Basin, which, for much of the last century, was one of the globe’s leading sources of petroleum.
From Los Angeles Times
When I asked people where this is leading, they had no idea.
From Salon
Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, responsible for about 20 million deaths each year and roughly a quarter of all deaths in the UK.
From Science Daily
They repaired the damage repeatedly, but Russia struck again, leading the workers to compare their situation to the film “Groundhog Day.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
