needle
Example Sentences
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“The needle is moving, and will move more and more towards the application layer,” Rao said of the transition investors will see in the AI space.
From MarketWatch
“It’s not a big needle mover in the grand scheme of the cost of the data center,” Fox said.
From Barron's
“Pain in general is a tough thing to move the needle on,” says Kansagara.
Hanson began noting tufts of pine needles poking out of the waist-high brush around us.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s been significantly harder for K-pop devotees to move the needle in the same way on streaming services, limiting the number of breakout hits from the genre in the U.S.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
