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leaning
noun as in tendency, bias
Example Sentences
There’s a long tradition, especially in Asia, of desserts that borrow from the savory — leaning into umami, coaxing sweetness out of ingredients more often found in soups than sweets.
“Prudent investors might consider leaning more into technology — however, this could all change with the drop of a dime, and nobody really knows how things will actually play out,” he said.
In a movie where most would expect the romantic co-lead to turn out to be the villain, Sklenar’s hard leaning into the affable good-guy persona removes his character from the suspect list early on.
Now Okula is leaning on the support of that online community — as well as his family and colleagues — after Hailey’s death from amniotic fluid embolism on March 29.
But that plan - or at least a significant part of is - is on ice after the president suspended higher tariffs on most countries for 90 days while leaning into a trade war with China.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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