leverage
Example Sentences
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China currently dominates the global supply, giving it crucial leverage, which helped Beijing reach a temporary trade truce with the US in November that defused tensions.
From BBC
“In order for us to accommodate that growth, we’re going to have to leverage every mode of transportation to get those containers out as quickly as possible,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Whether that leverage is enough to press regime leaders to make meaningful changes like an eventual transition to democracy remains to be seen.
“In the year ahead, we’ll leverage our proven operating model to continue growth across our owned-and-operated business, while developing new go-to-market partnerships and capabilities to efficiently bring our brands to new customers across the globe.”
But as resident doctors are showing, public sector workers are unionised and willing to use leverage to achieve higher pay.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
