as in used
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
Some operations even leveraged ChatGPT to generate fake social media posts designed to stoke political division in the US.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Gamow leveraged this fact to make three great, generic predictions about the young Universe.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
While some players like CoreWeave appear precariously leveraged, the big money in AI is coming from profits.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Lysenko leveraged his newfound power to suppress Soviet geneticists’ opinions and to discredit and imprison them.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Gamow leveraged this fact to make three great, generic predictions about the young Universe.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
While some players like CoreWeave appear precariously leveraged, the big money in AI is coming from profits.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Lysenko leveraged his newfound power to suppress Soviet geneticists’ opinions and to discredit and imprison them.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveraged
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For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Photos used in this column were made possible by the Barry Bingham Jr.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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In March, Google addressed CVE-2025-2783, a sandbox escape bug exploited in espionage attacks against Russian organizations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Roseman’s answer at the time sidestepped a question about a post-Darius Slay drop-off at CB2 that has since been exploited at times this season, but Mitchell and DeJean’s play has also justified Roseman’s confidence in them.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Ray tells a graphic story about his revenge on a priest who abused him.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Ed later told investigators that his father had abused both him and his older sibling.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The first one played short caught Newcastle by surprise and manipulated their zonal defenders.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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China has manipulated the market by suppressing prices to drive Western competition from the market, said Ryan Castilloux, founder of Adamas Intelligence, a critical mineral market research firm.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Leveraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leveraged. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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