leaner
Example Sentences
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The expectation is leaner operations, sharper strategy and higher stock prices.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Instead, the group recommends Yale adopt a leaner mission statement found in the Faculty Handbook: “Yale University’s mission is to create, disseminate, and preserve knowledge through research and teaching.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Years of absorbing shocks have left companies leaner and more adaptable, like an athlete in peak training rather than one running on fumes, said Sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
But his pre-season preparation was key in matching those demands this season, with the midfielder visibly leaner and stronger.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
He looked the same as he had in Kansas, but Percy still couldn’t get over the differences between Bacchus and his old not-so-much-of-a-friend Mr. D. Bacchus was meaner and leaner, with less of a potbelly.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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