LEVERED Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

levered

verb

past tense of lever

as in pried

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position

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Recent Examples of levered And those tails, on both sides, are levered bets on Musk succeeding or failing. — Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 This is a terrific conglomerate levered to so many different parts of a growing economy. — Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 May 2026 The drop was exacerbated by a large number of traders who were highly levered, borrowing money to increase the size of their bets. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025

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My sternum was fractured, my rib cage pried open.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Lonnie has plenty stacked against him, not least of all his own son, who is inching closer to surpassing his status in the golf world — people are even starting to call him the Hawk, a torch that had to have been pried out of his father’s hand.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026

Definition of pried

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The Rangers had a rough stretch during the seventh when Eovaldi got pulled after allowing one run.

— Cal Phillips Updated July 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
Valya volunteers to detach Venera 7’s bathysphere, knowing that he’ll be pulled toward Venus, and will certainly die there.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of pulled

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That performance has lifted its stock on the Indian bourses fivefold since 2021 and 25% over the past year.

— Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Since the incident began, the size of the frozen zone in which crews work to stabilize the building has gradually been reduced, roads have reopened and many of the vacate orders have been lifted.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

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