lean
Example Sentences
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The traditional software business model of selling licenses is rapidly becoming irrelevant and companies will need to lean into their unique data sources, he argued.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Williams said she had struggled to lose weight she had gained during pregnancy - a common experience for many women - and returns to tennis looking lean.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
The young man described a kind of withdrawal: “My immune system broke down. I lost a lot of lean body mass.”
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
TOKYO—Among the more eye-catching products in Tokyo’s new defense shopfront: a sleek and stealthy warship that can hunt submarines, deploy underwater drones and operate with a lean crew.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
I lean against the storage shelves, which poke uncomfortably into my back.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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