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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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Then the four front propellers tilted forward, and the aircraft accelerated, no longer hanging on its rotors like a helicopter but cruising on its wings like a small airplane.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2026
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This happens when the North Pole is tilted closest to the sun, giving the Northern Hemisphere its longest day of the year and the most daylight.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Heartland rock tended to be more circumspect than the socially conscious pop of the previous decades.—
Jack Hamilton,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Previous attempts at extracting uranium ions have relied on a passive system in which adsorbents remain stationary and wait for uranium ions to pass through them for trapping.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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To make the discovery, NASA Perseverance relied on its SuperCam instrument — a sophisticated system equipped with two lasers and cameras.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 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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Making the method more practical will depend on increasing how quickly atoms can be captured and counted.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the first 10 days of Israel’s March offensive, CNN counted 523 buildings destroyed across 22 communities.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 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
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The Knicks had their backs against the wall and played like their season depended on that win.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Hacking has always depended on skill, time, and patience.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Leaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaned. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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