lean
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Lean shows up in GE’s financial statements, too.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Sandberg grew concerned her organization was drifting, some of the people said, despite growth in the number of Lean In peer groups known as Circles and a data partnership with McKinsey, the consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Lean and athletic, with a wildness in his eyes, Ray displays the same antagonism as Day-Lewis’ Bill the Butcher from “Gangs of New York” or Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
Ultra Violette's Lean Screen SPF 50+ Mattifying Zinc Skinscreen, a facial product that Rach says she used exclusively, was the "most significant failure" identified.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025
“Very good! Now I’ll support you. Lean over backward as far as you can.”
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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