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 Venture capitalists are quickly adopting AI for tasks like sourcing and research, with firms leveraging it to structure meeting notes and manage institutional memory. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Experience Group will serve as Lee’s operating partner across Europe, leveraging its regional expertise and operating infrastructure as well as product capabilities to support the next phase of the brand’s growth. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 More broadly, the Gulf has been leveraging its sovereign wealth funds to invest in tokenization. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 By leveraging quantum mechanics, this type of computing accelerates processing speeds and technological progress exponentially. — Tal Rosenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 When activated, this mode will automatically take a video and a high-quality still photo at the right moment, leveraging the phone’s image processing to crop and remove blur. — ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 Rosenberg will lead the family entertainment company’s feature film development and production, leveraging its multi-year deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 The First Building’s biosolar roof combines 319 north-facing solar panels with over 14,000 native Cumberland Plain plants, leveraging natural evapotranspiration to cool the surrounding air. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 Now Nightmare Eclipse claims to have effectively circumvented the company’s patch through ShieldBreak by apparently leveraging a different method. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveraging
  1. using
  2. exploiting
  3. abusing
  4. manipulating
Verb
  • In Texas, lawmakers have been exploring a ban on foreign nationals using Texas surrogates – a move surrogacy experts worry could be the first step toward a statewide ban on the practice.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Triglav Lodge, Slovenia's highest-altitude guest hut at an elevation of 2,515 meters (8,251 feet), is using paper plates this summer to save water on dishes.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of using
Verb
  • Smaller countries and nonstate actors are increasingly exploiting chokepoints, as well.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In any case, the incident highlights how autonomous agents are becoming more effective at identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities.
    — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploiting
Verb
  • In addition to many successes, there is no record of his office abusing employees, leaking passwords, giving the public false information, or losing expensive reports.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Roell was later accused of abusing nonverbal special-needs students at Crosby Elementary School, authorities said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of abusing
Verb
  • 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
  • Herrouet was arrested in November and charged with grand theft and running a scheme to defraud by employing relatives and manipulating payroll expenses, according to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 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 26 Aug. 2026.

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