ratchet

Example Sentences

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Ministers and the officials working on the minutiae of the negotiations are hopeful there can be a step-by-step ratcheting up of dividends associated with a closer, warmer relationship.

From BBC

That is set to change this year, and fees are supposed to ratchet up over time.

From The Wall Street Journal

The feeling is that Powell doesn’t want to further ratchet up tensions with the White House.

From MarketWatch

As geopolitical tensions ratchet ever higher, it may be instructive to look at just how exposed U.S. markets are to foreign investors.

From MarketWatch

Few countries retaliated and when China, the outlier, did, it ultimately led to a ratcheting down of tensions.

From Barron's