lever
Example Sentences
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"It gives us a new molecular lever -- and potentially a new set of tools -- for tackling these conditions."
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
The final scene after almost 90 minutes featured Colbert and McCartney going to the light box of the theater and pulling the lever to “off.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Washington has a foreign-policy lever that costs almost nothing, earns interest and might have helped break up the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
"Methane is the single fastest lever we have to limit near-term warming. We can no longer wait to pull this lever," he added.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
He rigged a block and tackle to supplement a dead tree limb that they were using as a lever.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing lever
Word Generation Science - Energy
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