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lever

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




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This has eluded neuroscience for decades, but the introduction of a new class of drugs for weight loss may have given us just the lever we need to understand it.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Lynn and her stunt double are also covered in prosthetics as she climbs up the recliner, and Rhys uses the side lever to launch her off his torso.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

He said: "I'm determined to pull every single lever we can to provide people with some room to breathe on the cost of living."

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Beijing controls both the demand side of Gulf sulfur and the supply side of global phosphate exports, and either lever can move faster than the strait reopening.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Nestles right on down into it and pulls the lever so the recliner part kicks out.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

"Players are becoming their own distribution levers, with some in particular taking a driving seat in terms of 'how I project myself onto the world' and building their own channels and audience," explains Kyle.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

He said the hospital is “trying to turn it around from all the levers possible,” such as renegotiating contracts with insurers, trimming costs and advocating for more government funding.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"Changing anything about the menu, decor, or branding at this point is dangerous, so there are few levers to attract new customers," Pozner said.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

These are levers we can pull that change the math in our favor.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Hugo then made sure the gears and levers were moving accurately, and he checked that the time was correct on the miniature dial built into the back of the clockworks.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

That includes more than 400 levered single-stock ETFs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

U.S. notional volume of levered ETFs is about $90 billion, up from almost nothing a decade ago, per Goldman Sachs data.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

“Even in a strong economy, AI will disrupt old economy companies, especially highly levered ones,” Pimco said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 13, 2026

But a well-worked wrap-around move off first-phase ball, levered open a corridor of space for Breach to streak away to score and suck the life out the stadium.

From BBC May 17, 2026

Forcing the spike in the hoop of the lock, Matthias levered away.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Gerstner expressed concerns that investors are “layering up” right now, noting that “there are 14 exchange-traded funds launching on the day of the SpaceX IPO,” some of which are aimed at levering returns.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

If it is to play a game-changing role in levering in private investment, its £8.3bn funding over five years will have a lot of heavy lifting to do.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2024

By employing bioinformatics analyses and levering diverse public datasets, the team validated the robustness of HK-CREs across 50 randomly selected healthy cell types, confirming the location of HK-CREs within the genome.

From Science Daily Jan. 5, 2024

The person briefed on Muscat’s confession said Muscat alleges Alfred broke into the car by levering open the rear-quarter window passenger side.

From Reuters Nov. 28, 2019

Unfortunately for rational Jam, the figure continued to blatantly prove her wrong, levering one arm out and reaching down to the floor for stability, the gold claws carving small strips from the hardwood.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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