leverages

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“It’s a different set of technologies. It leverages what we built in the past, but we have to think like a startup again.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"The first priority for Iran after the war is to restore deterrence and the Strait of Hormuz is among Iran's principal strategic leverages," explains Mohammad Eslami, a research fellow at the University of Tehran.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Releasing sterilized males involves no pesticides, and also leverages the insect’s biology: Males in lust are adept at finding females.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia isn’t standing still when it comes to innovation, writing that the company plans a new inference-oriented chip system that leverages its new relationship with the startup Groq.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Armed with his new-fangled popularity, the crook moves on and leverages it to the hilt.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel