fulcrum
Example Sentences
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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
The fulcrum of the political year ahead isn't likely to be until Thursday 7 May.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
As a kind of fulcrum for his storytelling, Mr. Davenport uses Elizabeth Bouvia, who in 1983 became a cause célèbre of the right-to-die movement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
It’s clear how the above property of numbers led to Archimedes’ famous pronouncement that given a fulcrum, a long enough lever, and a place to stand, he alone could physically lift the earth.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing fulcrum
"Rogue Wave," Vocabulary from the short story
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