ratchet

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The license also gives UBS more options as regulators in Switzerland ratchet up its capital requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal

The surveys add to a mounting body of evidence that healthcare and health-insurance costs are ratcheting up pressure on both consumers and businesses.

From MarketWatch

That’s because it gives bankers, responsible for pricing a transaction, more flexibility to ratchet down the credit spread—the amount a company pays above a benchmark—on each segment.

From The Wall Street Journal

But a third factor is entangled in this equation: access to food and water, both of which become more difficult to acquire as wars spread and global temperatures ratchet upward.

From Salon

France will relish extending the losing streak and ratcheting up the sudden and considerable pressure on Borthwick.

From BBC