lean
Example Sentences
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The charismatic cleric could lean on a vast network of mosques and charitable organizations to coordinate the popular mobilization.
“We knew it was a matter of time,” Knight, a five-time Olympian, said, “just leaning on them slowly.”
"We want to lean a lot more into growth right now," Rainey said.
From Barron's
But he now leans towards a return to his September position, which saw rates hovering below 2.75 percent.
From Barron's
“Software is the clearest example — as the group has come under pressure, retail investors have leaned aggressively into the weakness, driving flows decisively into single-stock software names,” Rubner wrote.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
