leaner
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Parker's managerial career to date has seen three promotions followed by much leaner times in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
So first of all, we’re the scrappy, leaner player in the game now.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
He is in his early 20s, leaner than in subsequent pictures, and without the dramatic mane of hair he later acquired, but his intensity is unmistakable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“We are running a little leaner right now, with less oil in the tanks,” Mahil said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
They were roughly the same size as the grazing creatures, but leaner and gray-colored, with horned heads and short trunks like elephants’.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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