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lever

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




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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

The UK is a long, thin country that excels in the service sector, and connecting these sources of growth would lever in investment and create agglomeration effects that would help rebalance Britain's lopsided economy,

From BBC • May 19, 2026

A compute tax is a sensible policy lever to consider in order to slow down automation, says Simon Johnson, a Nobel laureate and professor of entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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

As the lever popped back in, she descended to the ground.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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