leading

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But the league has also been embroiled in controversies with batting scandals, leadings to the suspension of two teams for two years in 2013.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

The leadings four teams in the ODI rankings have made it to the semifinals.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2019

A medical crisis—and, yes, a disability is a medical crisis—is one of the leadings causes of bankruptcy.

From Slate • Jul. 27, 2016

The voice leadings are filled with all these ideas.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2011

For she was keenly alive to the materialistic leadings of the “higher education,” and she would stand as a living protest against them.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis