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as in tilted
to set or cause to be at an angle
just lean the ladder against the tree and climb up it
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as in relied
to place reliance or trust
you can always lean on me if you need help
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Recent Examples of leaned
OpenAI leaned into the curious habit, choosing to highlight the goblin-forbidding prompt in a tweet.
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
Restricted diets leaned heavily on flour, milk, and potatoes, supplemented with small amounts of protein from lean meat and eggs, whereas liberal diets emphasized dairy products, vegetables, and lean meat.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Women’s activewear brand Oner Active, for instance, leaned into this approach with its Oner Your Recovery van in Covent Garden’s Piazza, offering female finishers a recovery kit including Oner merch, magnesium oil and electrolytes, and beauty products.
—Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
Kennedy has leaned heavily into his work on changing eating habits, which fits into the MAHA gestalt and polls well with both Democratic and Republican voters.
—Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The gallery’s compact roster leaned toward Swiss and Scandinavian artists working in three-dimensional media, while also including artists from Southeast Asia and the United States.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The Court leaned heavily on a ruling from the 1950s in which the NAACP -- then leading a campaign for racial integration -- succeeded in fending off a demand by Alabama's attorney general to turn over the group's private membership rolls.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Steyer has long leaned into the contradictions between his business success and political views.
—Sophie Austin, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Instead, Charli leaned into her deep knowledge of how pop music works and her innate understanding of how musicians create a persona through their performance.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
Restricted diets leaned heavily on flour, milk, and potatoes, supplemented with small amounts of protein from lean meat and eggs, whereas liberal diets emphasized dairy products, vegetables, and lean meat.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Women’s activewear brand Oner Active, for instance, leaned into this approach with its Oner Your Recovery van in Covent Garden’s Piazza, offering female finishers a recovery kit including Oner merch, magnesium oil and electrolytes, and beauty products.
—Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
Kennedy has leaned heavily into his work on changing eating habits, which fits into the MAHA gestalt and polls well with both Democratic and Republican voters.
—Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The gallery’s compact roster leaned toward Swiss and Scandinavian artists working in three-dimensional media, while also including artists from Southeast Asia and the United States.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The Court leaned heavily on a ruling from the 1950s in which the NAACP -- then leading a campaign for racial integration -- succeeded in fending off a demand by Alabama's attorney general to turn over the group's private membership rolls.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Steyer has long leaned into the contradictions between his business success and political views.
—Sophie Austin, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Instead, Charli leaned into her deep knowledge of how pop music works and her innate understanding of how musicians create a persona through their performance.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaned
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And that tectonic movement didn’t push them straight up, but tilted them just a few degrees.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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Figures move across these planes in extravagant silhouette, heads tilted just so, fingers stiffly splayed and elbows akimbo.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Her wails of pain were audible on TV broadcasts as medics tended to her before a helicopter finally carried her away.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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And while his mentors have tended to stick with the classics, Tamaki has garnered a reputation for getting creative with his pies.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Disruptions lasted more than 120,000 hours, as governments increasingly relied on blackouts, platform bans, and throttling to control access.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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Nothing herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to future performance.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The water will either puddle on top or run off if the site is sloped.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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Its right legs leaned so severely that the whole top sloped.—
Noz Nozawa,
Architectural Digest,
2 Apr. 2026
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He was instructed to respond by moving his eyes from left to right, and sure enough, the researchers counted two rightward movements of his eyes.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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That total doesn’t include tornadoes counted by the NWS office in Topeka, such as the EF2 that hit Ottawa on April 13.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 May 2026
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The controller’s matte finish provides a solid connection to the comfortable palm grips, which are angled to naturally position your thumbs easily over the thumbsticks and face buttons.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sushi cases are angled towards customers without a sneeze guard.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
April 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In Church’s day, that separation depended on promoting a robust idea of American innocence over Europe’s enfeebling corruption.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Each came from a household shaped by immigration, where stability was not guaranteed and progress often depended on adaptability.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 May 2026
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“Leaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaned. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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