lever
Example Sentences
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“Although smaller or more financially levered stocks may offer more upside, we expect money flows to favor large, bellwether stocks, at least in the near term,” he added.
From Barron's
Putting both hands on the concrete ledge, he levered himself up and out.
From Literature
Analyst Andrew McLeod says Sky Network TV’s management is doing a good job at controlling the levers it can.
Her knockings were made by a floorboard on a lever that she pressed with her foot.
From Literature
The company does have long-term ambitions to open as many as 5,000 new U.S. coffeehouses, but in the near term it needs to pull internal growth levers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
