Synonyms for leaner
lean·er

Princeton's WordNet

1. leanernoun

   (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake

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1. List of paraphrases for "leaner":

   slimmer, thinner, lighter

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1. Carlos Jimenez:

   Every year you take out two or three people, make your business leaner.

2. Herbert Diess:

   We are spreading responsibility across several shoulders, we are making Volkswagen faster, leaner and more efficient.

3. Barack Obama:

   The time of deploying large numbers of ground forces with big military footprints to engage in nation-building overseas that's coming to an end, going forward, our military will be leaner.

4. Van Beurden:

   We will now be able to shape a simpler, leaner, more competitive company, focusing on our core expertise in deep water and LNG.

5. Antony Jenkins:

   We are leaving value on the table and a new approach is required. As a Group, if we aspire to bring shareholder returns forward, we need to be much more focused on what is attractive, what we are good at, and where we are good at it, we therefore need to improve revenue, costs and capital performance. We also need to become more externally focused and deal with the internal bureaucracy by becoming leaner and more agile.