as in influence
the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly
lacking much of the leverage it once had, the union is now being forced to make some concessions
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as in to use
to take unfair advantage of
a reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame
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Recent Examples of leverage
Dietrich Knauth, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Republicans also see every recess now as a potential pressure point on nominees, giving Democrats leverage and throwing senators’ plans back home into chaos.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Freya Drohan, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
This approach positions Detroit not as a Silicon Valley competitor, but as a specialized hub that leverages its unique manufacturing expertise.
—Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The tariffs have given the Trump administration leverage to extract economic concessions from trading partners but have also increased volatility in financial markets.
—Dietrich Knauth, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Republicans also see every recess now as a potential pressure point on nominees, giving Democrats leverage and throwing senators’ plans back home into chaos.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
Bronx native Rose Afriyie, co-founder of mRelief, explained how the national organization is transforming access to social services with easier-to-use protocols and is leveraging AI to help millions of people sign up for SNAP benefits.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
This approach positions Detroit not as a Silicon Valley competitor, but as a specialized hub that leverages its unique manufacturing expertise.
—Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leverage
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By the mid-1930s, however, Husseini’s influence was dimming.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Fall’s fashion trends mark a return to classicism, with influences from academia and the English countryside, and few pieces capture the mood as effortlessly as blazers.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Photonic quantum computing is a quantum computation approach that uses photons—particles of light—as qubits.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Zoryve has a unique active ingredient—roflumilast, an enzyme inhibitor that’s being used for the first time in a topical medication.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Traditionally, conservative parties held sway in Bangkok and Thailand’s south, while Thaksin’s heartland was the rural though populous rice-growing northeast.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Getting that crowd of Hollywood actors, supermodels, fashion designers and athletes in the same room for a group photo was a feat of complex calendar logistics requiring diplomacy and considerable industry sway.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Breinholt, an architect of the material support statutes who spent three decades as a federal terrorism prosecutor, defends the laws as crucial to closing loopholes that were exploited by foreign militant groups and their domestic sympathizers.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Her 23-year-old son, Rahjah Ke’ Morton, recently accused her of exploiting his past cancer diagnosis for personal gain.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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In this approach, quantum information is encoded in various properties of photons, and computation is performed by manipulating these photonic states using optical components.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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More importantly, Penske also describes this dynamic as antitrust behavior from a company abusing what the federal government has already described as Google’s monopoly status in the realm of Internet search.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The biggest Flock controversy centers on allegations that law enforcement has abused the company’s surveillance network to target women, immigrants, and people engaging in legal activity outside their home states.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Leverage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leverage. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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