leaning toward

Example Sentences

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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

By graduation in 1996, however, I was leaning toward acting but had no idea how to get there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The company is now leaning toward a model in which other companies develop the technology for robotaxis and Uber makes money from them through its app.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Oil prices eased after Trump seemed to suggest he wasn’t leaning toward strikes.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Chamberlin claimed later that this attorney had been so angry at having his recommendation rebuffed that he tipped Holmes to the fact the creditors were again leaning toward arrest.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson