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Recent Examples of leveraging
China is also leveraging its vast thorium reserves, particularly in Inner Mongolia, to fuel this new generation of reactors.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Amazon is leveraging its grocery network, including Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market, to offer the meal bundle online, in-store and via same-day delivery in eligible areas.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
Producer Jin Pai-lunn is leveraging the festival platform to court international collaborators and distributors.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
The intent, the company said, is to help employees with the transition into an increasingly digital world while also appropriately leveraging AI in the workplace.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
The Art of You is the company’s strategic vision focusing on personalized experiences, leveraging customer data, new technology, and building stronger partnerships with brands.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Beyond clusters and bookmarks, Vision AI lets designers build custom signals by leveraging their own data.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Advertisement But while more efficient monetization of natural resources would provide a shot in the arm, the crux is leveraging that windfall to diversify the economy beyond extractive industries—futureproofing economies for when commodity prices drop.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The firm is looking at additional battery storage projects — potentially leveraging solar and wind energy — in Africa and Central Asia, Alobaidli said, declining to name specific partners.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Amazon is leveraging its grocery network, including Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market, to offer the meal bundle online, in-store and via same-day delivery in eligible areas.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
Producer Jin Pai-lunn is leveraging the festival platform to court international collaborators and distributors.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
The intent, the company said, is to help employees with the transition into an increasingly digital world while also appropriately leveraging AI in the workplace.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
The Art of You is the company’s strategic vision focusing on personalized experiences, leveraging customer data, new technology, and building stronger partnerships with brands.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Beyond clusters and bookmarks, Vision AI lets designers build custom signals by leveraging their own data.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Advertisement But while more efficient monetization of natural resources would provide a shot in the arm, the crux is leveraging that windfall to diversify the economy beyond extractive industries—futureproofing economies for when commodity prices drop.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The firm is looking at additional battery storage projects — potentially leveraging solar and wind energy — in Africa and Central Asia, Alobaidli said, declining to name specific partners.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveraging
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Make your vehicle visible to others both ahead of you and behind you by using your low-beam headlights since this means your taillights will also be on.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Guests can order the complimentary coffee in-bakery, through the mobile app, or online using code FREECOFFEE.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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Among the things Rodrik recommends are learning the lessons of China’s remarkable industrial rise, focussing on services rather than manufacturing, and further exploiting the dramatic fall in the cost of green energy.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The pod, known as Moctezuma’s pod, may be exploiting warming waters that have shifted shark nursery areas, making younger and less experienced sharks easier targets.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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The pair also pretended that Tammy was allegedly abusing them.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Archbishop Mitty product and San Jose native Aaron Gordon scored 18 while abusing Podziemski and other Warriors guards in the low post.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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By manipulating phase distribution, engineers can craft internal ion highways rather than relying on chance material behavior.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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This summer, after initially targeting Punch, the president of SZA’s label TDE, Minaj dissed SZA herself on X, mocking her physical appearance, questioning her level of success, and accusing her of manipulating charts with her release of Lana, the deluxe version of 2022’s SOS.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Leveraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leveraging. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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