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However, analysts are still trying to decide whether a shift toward operational leanness will revive the videogame software maker’s struggling stock, which has cratered more than 60% this year.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

In terms of leanness, the campaign is cutting a third of its staff.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023

Like Cash’s life, there’s a rawness and a poetic leanness to Rendon’s prose.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2022

And so began a years-long process of handing their screenplay back and forth, paring down to invoke the spare, literary leanness of the source material.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2018

He was still sleeping quietly, but Sam was now struck most by the leanness of his face and hands.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien