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 Back at the end of April, investment bank Jefferies put out a basket of names levered to OpenAI, including Oracle, CoreWeave , SoftBank and Broadcom , among others. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 And those tails, on both sides, are levered bets on Musk succeeding or failing. — Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 18 June 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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Someone pried open the rear cover to a truck and stole a set of golf clubs for a loss of about $3,000.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
But maybe pried his focus and joy and freedom away just a little bit going into the year.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of pried

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As Findley dragged the driver from the truck, Deputy Chase Blatt, driving north on I-35, saw the fire and the driver being pulled from the truck.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Saudi slowdown Saudi Arabia’s market regulator has proposed tougher rules for IPOs in an effort to revive its flagging market, which has seen a sharp decline in listings this year, as well as several high-profile IPOs being pulled.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

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Scenes look lifted from a storybook — over the years Descanso’s La Cañada Flintridge grounds have featured a horse and buggy with a pumpkin at the helm, a pumpkin sea monster and a larger-than-life multicolored Día de los Muertos ofrenda.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
New York Sports Betting Laws and Timeline After the US Supreme Court lifted the federal ban on sports betting, New York opened the first retail locations in July 2019.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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