as in to pry
to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever
the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position
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Recent Examples of lever
John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
De minimis began as a modest tax provision, but has widened to become a fixture of e-commerce — and a trade policy lever.
—semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
Enter bitcoin treasury companies – a new wave of public equities seeking a far more explicit and truly levered connection to bitcoin’s price.
—Edan Yago, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
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Verb
But even from afar, Washington still holds key levers of power.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
De minimis began as a modest tax provision, but has widened to become a fixture of e-commerce — and a trade policy lever.
—semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
What else is new when you’re levered to China and charge more than anyone else?
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
Enter bitcoin treasury companies – a new wave of public equities seeking a far more explicit and truly levered connection to bitcoin’s price.
—Edan Yago, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lever
Noun
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By turning this knob, the business can strike a balance in the tradeoff between a model’s primary bottom-line/monetary value and the number of false positives and false negatives, as well as other KPIs.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The cocotte has two handles and a lid fitted with a pumpkin stem knob.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What lingers are the fragments that weren’t rehearsed, a voice breaking, a note pulled from the back of a notebook, a chant that filled the room, a line spoken more to a spouse than to the cameras.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bolt-action rifles, prized for reliability, require the operator to pull the trigger for one round before manually chambering another round.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gennie, which uses Google’s VEO-3 to help documentarians create re-enactment footage with the push of a button.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Eraser types While the standard for any pencil is to include a small eraser on the tip opposite the graphite side, some mechanical pencils will include longer lengths of erasers that can be deployed from the pencil by twisting or pressing a button.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The lockdown was later lifted, but the university said access to campus would remain restricted to students, faculty, and staff with a valid school ID as local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies continued to investigate the threat.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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This process lifts stains without increasing their surface area, which can be an issue when scrubbing by hand with a cloth or brush.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Forest Green and a Bite of Chocolate Take your go-to classics and reinvigorate them for fall with seasonal switches.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
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From that high-profile location, ZM Trucks is approaching businesses all over the country that might benefit from making the switch to electric vehicles.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Later in the season, as more northern waters cool off and the main hurricane development region stays toasty, the instability dial could be turned back up.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The back interior pocket is a zip pocket for safekeeping lipsticks or ID cards, and the two front pockets are slip pockets ideal for a cell phone or keys.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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However, instead of dedicated keys, leaping is merely a part of THE's internal command line, termed the Humane Quasimode, where other commands can be sent.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Titleist makes excellent balls at all price points, and the range is so varied and options so complex that the company has a very useful ball selector tool on its website to guide you through.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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They were whittled down to the final 26 players by a panel of selectors.—
Peter Carline,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Lever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lever. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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