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[leen] / lin /






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Lean mass or muscle made up 14.6% of total weight loss in the apitegromab group, compared with 30.2% in the placebo group that received a dummy treatment alongside Mounjaro.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

On Tuesday, Sandberg announced that Bridget Griswold, 25, was taking over as chief executive of Lean In, pointing to her background in artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Lean operations and AI initiatives are expanding margins again after years of decline, a Raymond James team said in a research note Thursday.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

Lean and athletic, with a wildness in his eyes, Ray displays the same antagonism as Day-Lewis’ Bill the Butcher from “Gangs of New York” or Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

“Let’s lean you forward a little bit, so that you can always be moving into the next stride, instead of holding yourself back on each stride. Lean this way,” I did.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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