leverage

Krinsky realized he had no leverage over the upholsterers—the people with the skills and grip strength to stretch fabric over wooden frames—because they were so scarce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Fully-automated Tuuci umbrellas leverage integrated heaters to provide shade from the sun or warmth during a chilly night.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Dyno estimates leverage around the top end of its 1.75X-2.25X target range through FY 2027 versus consensus of around 1.5X.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

He said there was now "a greater facility in tackling" the dungeon, as players can now easily change a critical in-game item known as heavy boots and have "the ability to leverage the camera orientation".

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

This time, not being rushed, I was able to use a pole to leverage the table off Martinez's suit.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

In her view, Musk has leveraged his money to pressure small county governments to move quickly on massive projects with few resources to negotiate the terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Philip Saliba, who was head of restructuring capital markets at Deutsche Bank, will join leveraged finance at Wells Fargo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Big-money tycoons have leveraged their fortunes to shape the state with their railroads, mines, newspapers, oil businesses and ranching and agriculture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 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

In the wake of Hadiya’s death, Tina had leveraged her local contacts, encouraging Chicago business leaders and philanthropists to work with Mayor Rahm Emanuel to expand community programs for at-risk youth across the city.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Barri Worth Girvan, a veteran government employee who ran on a platform of leveraging her experience to advocate for residents, declared victory in the race for Los Angeles City Council’s Third District seat late Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

“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

Hackers are now actively trying to break into websites by leveraging these flaws, Amazon.com says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

YouTube relies primarily on an ad-supported model, whereas Amazon is leveraging free live access to draw massive global audiences into its wider ecosystem.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Steve Eisman was odd in his conviction that the leveraging of middle-class America was a corrupt and corrupting event, and that the subprime mortgage market in particular was an engine of exploitation and, ultimately, destruction.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis