fulcrum
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The fulcrum of the owners’ position is the principle of “competitive balance,” meaning that every team should have comparable resources for mounting a playoff campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Chip stocks remained the fulcrum of the stock market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
For national security professionals of my generation, 9/11 was the fulcrum in many of our professional and personal lives.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
“At this point, we are laser focused on the fulcrum question going forward: how effective are Iran’s drones?”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
His thumb knew the exact weight in ounces which it would have to exert on the near side of the fulcrum.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
They thus form movable fulcra to bodies acting upon them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
As many men as there is room for stand on each side of the block, and with levers resting on beams or stones as fulcra, raise the stone vertically as far as possible.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
It comprises the potentials of shoulders and spinal column which are fulcra of action, and of lungs and heart which are the energising organs of Life.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
Positioned as they are, between the bifurcations of the suspensory ligament and the pastern joint, they serve as fulcra and effectively assist in minimizing concussion which is received by the suspensory ligament.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Fulcrate, having accessory organs or fulcra, i. e. props.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Lift with some danged pulley system involving fulcrums and levers and inclined planes, or, better yet, just hire some dumb lunk.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2019
Speaking on Sky Sports, swing coach Butch Harmon paid a fulcrums tribute to the European squad.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 30, 2018
Samba schools are social clubs, really, fulcrums of community spirit tucked deep into a neighborhood, many in ramshackle favelas.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2016
Our musculoskeletal system works in a similar manner, with bones being stiff levers and the articular endings of the bones—encased in synovial joints—acting as fulcrums.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The levers for propelling and steering the car work in fulcrums made for use in lever valves.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
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