leaning toward

Example Sentences

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Maybe Trump is leaning toward a 2028 favorite too.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

For now, however, investors are leaning toward strategies that back businesses that are more proven, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In economics speak, a “hawkish” Fed generally is leaning toward raising interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Traders are leaning toward the inflation side of the Fed’s dual mandate, pricing in about one quarter-point rate cut by the end of the year, down from two to three at the end of February.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

She looks up from her tea, planting her elbows on the island and leaning toward me.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon