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  • noun Plural form of leaning.

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Examples

  • Your comment basically says that your interpretation of political leanings is accurate, while another interpretation is false.

    Matthew Yglesias » Are African-Americans Conservative, or Is Ideological Self-Identification Meaningless? 2010

  • I find it find amussing that the average American i talk to, regaurdless of political leanings, is completely against the current wars and very much against engaging in another war.

    U.S. military plans against Iran being updated 2010

  • Many times reading a story or novel that reflects my own personal interests or leanings is a somewhat boring endeavor, unless the plot is unique.

    MIND MELD: SF with an Opposing Viewpoint 2008

  • Last week, as investors worst fears about contagion from the debt crisis faded, Goldman returned to its more-bullish long-term leanings on the euro against the dollar and raised its euro forecasts back up to $1.35 in six months and $1.38 a year from now.

    Euro Rally Is Prelude to a Fall 2010

  • It's bad enough that George Bush has been willing, and able, to challenge and dismantle some of the most basic tenets of our American democracy - the system of checks and balances, an independent judiciary, and the right of a people to be free from government intrusion and persecution - but to see England fall prey to the same simple-minded authoritarian leanings is simply very sad.

    01/16/2006 2006

  • Threatening to withhold sacraments to punish people for their political leanings is upsetting to people in many different faiths.

    Bishop Raymond Burke Crosses Political Line 2003

  • Threatening to withhold sacraments to punish people for their political leanings is upsetting to people in many different faiths.

    Bishop Raymond Burke Crosses Political Line 2003

  • Threatening to withhold sacraments to punish people for their political leanings is upsetting to people in many different faiths.

    The Rev. Chuck Currie: 2003

  • Although sometimes even thinking through the implications of Temeraire’s political leanings is a bit too brain-engagey … I suppose that’s what Tom Holt type comic fantasy is for

    Reading is Fun(damental) at SF Novelists 2010

  • But then a gang of young, over-enthusiastic woollies with protectionist leanings aka baa-aad lambs get wind of the secret negotiations.

    BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » First Contact Negotiations Go Horribly Wrong! 2010

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