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Sixty-five percent of videos showed felines sleeping in a leftward position versus 34.8 percent of cats leaning on their right side.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
But Brunson’s jumper, which followed a crossover that flung Thompson leftward, was revenge for a recent strip.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Analysts note Mamdani’s promises to raise corporate taxes and income taxes on millionaires and freeze rents raise the specter of a leftward shift for America’s biggest city.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Because of New York’s leftward tilt, the primary winner typically emerges as the heavy favorite in the fall general election.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 June 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
But Brunson’s jumper, which followed a crossover that flung Thompson leftward, was revenge for a recent strip.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Analysts note Mamdani’s promises to raise corporate taxes and income taxes on millionaires and freeze rents raise the specter of a leftward shift for America’s biggest city.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Because of New York’s leftward tilt, the primary winner typically emerges as the heavy favorite in the fall general election.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 June 2025
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“Leftward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leftward. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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leftward
adverb or adjective
left·ward
ˈlef-twərd 
: toward or on the left
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