fulcrum
Example Sentences
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For all the talent elsewhere, Robertson was Forest's fulcrum.
From BBC
I keep getting back to this word, fulcrum.
From BBC
“As this month winds down, we look for the crude markets to continue to act as a fulcrum with diesel providing leadership on both the upside and now the downside,” Ritterbusch says in a note.
The fulcrum of fortune has a way of seesawing from one condition to its opposite with no warning, like a sudden squall on an otherwise balmy day.
From Literature
Milan is not just a European fashion capital but the financial and industrial fulcrum of Italy, with most major banks and companies headquartered in the city.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
