leverage
Example Sentences
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The facilities will operate as what the companies on Monday called flexible energy assets, supporting power grids by modulating consumption and leveraging on-site generation and storage.
The precipitous decline in gold probably demonstrates simply where the leverage was in the market.
From MarketWatch
"Similar to conventional batteries, quantum batteries charge, store and discharge energy. But while everyday batteries rely on chemical reactions, quantum batteries leverage properties of quantum mechanics," Associate Professor Hutchison said.
From Science Daily
In the face of American pressure, Iran has demonstrated for more than three weeks a significant degree of leverage over the Strait of Hormuz.
When Bash pointed out that this would give up the leverage that Democrats had in pushing for reform at ICE, Jeffries chafed.
From Salon
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