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left-leaning

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Left-leaning describes a person, group, or outlet that favors progressive or liberal ideas. It suggests support for social equality, public services, and a larger state role in the economy.

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I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person. Henry Rollins

The left-leaning thinking that dominates the movie business follows a common liberal instinct to deny the spiritual dimension to every problem, thereby profoundly compounding the difficulties. Michael Medved

Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at writing something about the Holocaust. Elliot Perlman

Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility, President Obama and his left-leaning advisers always default to rigid 'Washington knows best' answers. Fred Upton

And she’s betting that left-leaning voters will like her on climate change, transportation and keeping special-interest money out of City Hall. Source: Internet

And the following year saw the unexpected retirement of left-leaning Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was replaced by the second Trump appointment, the far more conservative Brett Kavanaugh. Source: Internet

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