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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 leveraged
Prior to the scandal, Cunningham had leveraged his military fame into a robust political profile.
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Beijing has leveraged its sheer dominance of rare-earth minerals crucial for military and industrial use in its negotiations with Washington, maintaining a tight control on exports of the critical minerals.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Under Cornell, Target’s stores have been leveraged to cut fulfillment costs for the mass merchant and bolster online sales, with the retailer fulfilling more than 96 percent of total sales in each of the last three years.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
Because the regional task force helps allocate city, county and state funds for homelessness programs, Kohler said her organization could provide $50,000 over two years and that the money could be leveraged for additional funding through grants and endowments.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Beijing has leveraged its sheer dominance of rare-earth minerals crucial for military and industrial use in its negotiations with Washington, maintaining a tight control on exports of the critical minerals.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Under Cornell, Target’s stores have been leveraged to cut fulfillment costs for the mass merchant and bolster online sales, with the retailer fulfilling more than 96 percent of total sales in each of the last three years.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
Because the regional task force helps allocate city, county and state funds for homelessness programs, Kohler said her organization could provide $50,000 over two years and that the money could be leveraged for additional funding through grants and endowments.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveraged
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Video refereeing was used 39 times on the first day of the season, with one red card being corrected and three goals disallowed for offside.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Broncos used big play after big play to amass a silly-sounding 637 yards of offense and consistently thrill the Albertsons Stadium crowd of 32,887 — officially the ninth home sellout in a row.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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Critics warn that such emotional connections could be exploited commercially, turning intimacy into a product.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Google has issued a critical warning for all Android users, confirming that two separate vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The 7-year-old detailed abuse by her father and stepmother, whose 6-year-old daughter was also allegedly being abused, according to the court documents.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the area there are multiple objects that can be manipulated to cause a distraction — a feature that will be very familiar to fans of the IO Interactive’s Hitman series.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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But all of it had been manipulated.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Leveraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leveraged. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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