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leveraging

verb

present participle of leverage
as in using
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 leveraging The Washington Post reported last month that authorities have charged or accused at least 50 law enforcement officers of leveraging ALPRs without authorization, sometimes using the software to stalk women. — Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026 The new propulsion solution is supported by Kongsberg Maritime’s global service organisation, leveraging extensive experience from the company’s existing large scale thruster portfolio to ensure reliable lifecycle support worldwide. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026 Singapore is leveraging its scarce land, energy, and population to bolster its regulatory and agenda-setting power over data centers and sustainability. — Brian Wong, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 While China continues to dominate critical minerals in global supply chains, Brazil is positioning itself as an alternative by leveraging its vast reserves. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 By leveraging NuOrder by Lightspeed, the brand created an efficient wholesale model. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 With the industry's current pace of innovation, leveraging AI and IoT is bringing within reach the ability to solve critical challenges impacting people's quality of life and sustainability. — Alper Yegin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Where choosing the best routing for a package may have previously taken 20 minutes, OneRail said its platform can do it in 2½ minutes leveraging AI. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 Reading the book feels refreshing — a clarifying antidote to a culture increasingly obsessed with idolizing and leveraging suffering. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveraging
  1. using
  2. exploiting
  3. abusing
  4. manipulating
Verb
  • Maybe my argument was so strong, the AI would realize that its tech overlords were using this insanely powerful technology not to solve hunger or climate change, but to make reading less essential.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Leaders on this path are using AI to increase the capabilities of their marketing teams and expand what talented people can accomplish.
    — George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of using
Verb
  • Some critics say the groups are exploiting loopholes and, in their view, violating the law.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Europol said criminals are exploiting images and audio to create and edit propaganda, including through deepfakes, memes and GIFs.
    — Lorne Cook, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of exploiting
Verb
  • A day after the website went live on July 22, Gupta says people called him from unknown numbers, verbally abusing him and threatening him with violence.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The backlash intensified after reports of immigration authorities accessing Flock data, officers abusing the network to stalk women, and misreads that led to innocent people held at gunpoint.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of abusing
Verb
  • Last Wednesday, Meta reached a settlement with the attorneys general of forty-seven states, who had sued it for illegally manipulating the attention of children.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The experiment, therefore, suggests that empty space itself could become a new tool for manipulating quantum matter, much like other efforts to push the limits of superconducting materials.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulating

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“Leveraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leveraging. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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