leaning toward

Example Sentences

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Maybe Trump is leaning toward a 2028 favorite too.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

Seated on the reviewing stand at the Place de la Concorde, Trump grew animated as the aircraft began flying overhead, clapping and leaning toward Macron and his wife to point at the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In economics speak, a “hawkish” Fed generally is leaning toward raising interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Traders are leaning toward the inflation side of the Fed’s dual mandate, pricing in about one quarter-point rate cut by the end of the year, down from two to three at the end of February.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

The General Advisory Committee, still chaired by Oppenheimer, was also leaning toward a second lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik