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leverage

noun as in influence

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“It raises questions about who has leverage over public institutions when private dollars intervene,” one ethicist told reporters.

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Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, that leverage the rules of subatomic physics to process information in multiple states simultaneously.

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And when prices go into reverse, leverage inevitably magnifies the pain.

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And when prices go into reverse, leverage inevitably magnifies the pain.

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At the heart of one of the cases, prosecutors charged several figures using private insider NBA information, such as when players would sit out, to help others profit in leveraged bets online.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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