Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for leverage. Search instead for leidtrage.
Definitions

leverage

[lev-er-ij, lee-ver-] / ˈlɛv ər ɪdʒ, ˈli vər- /


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.

See Examples For:

“The evidence points more to a retreat from risk than a loss of conviction in bitcoin itself, with crypto-specific leverage and ETF outflows amplifying that risk-off move,” analysts at Bitfinex Alpha told MarketWatch on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Though industry veterans can leverage AI to accelerate their already-established workflows, what about the writers who are just starting out?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

It’s called a disclaimer of interest—and it is a tactic other sports unions have used to try to gain leverage in labor negotiations for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The temptation and the largest pitfall at hand would be spending that leverage elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

“I used a dude’s tie as leverage, though. Totally different thing.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Traders making highly leveraged bets got crushed, but so did those who doubted a recent pullback in AI stocks would get worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Binance said hackers then leveraged the engineer's compromised computer and a compromised internal AI tool in October to gain control over two other engineers' laptops, and execute the next steps of the attack.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Late last month, a leveraged ETF that aims to provide a return of 300% of the daily swings of an underlying semiconductor index saw a record weekly inflow but continued to struggle.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Previously, Samantha reported on distressed debt at 9fin, where she covered liability management transactions and corporate restructurings in the leveraged finance and private credit markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

On education, Barack and I had leveraged billions of dollars to help girls around the world get the schooling they deserve.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“The supply-demand situation for buying businesses privately and leveraging them up has changed dramatically from what it was 10 or 20 years ago,” Buffett said in 2019.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

McKinney has focused his campaign on lessening the city’s homelessness crisis by leveraging people into treatment, tackling quality-of-life crimes, and reducing the city’s out-of-control legal costs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The cloud-based accounting software provider is also leveraging its customer base of accountants and tax accountants to capture demand from medium-size and large companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

There are going to be exceptions to the rule, but oftentimes you see even these candidates leveraging social media and talking policy in a different way.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

It made sense, Gus leveraging his terminality to make my dream come true: The sequel was a tiny thing to die for, but it was the biggest thing left at his disposal.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green


Vocabulary lists containing leverage

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training