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fulcrum

noun as in pivot

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The simplest versions consist of a metal beam from which hang two pans at equal distances from the central support or fulcrum.

If you think about decarbonization and climate and the environment, technology is the fulcrum.

From Time

We found a highly rated budget shovel that features a new take on shovel design—offering a second lower handle and short arm to act as a fulcrum and offset the energy required to throw the snow off the shovel blade.

Even in areas of the Northeast traditionally known more for summer and winter activities, fall has become an unexpected fulcrum of seasonal tourism.

From Eater

Less than 18 months after the 2012 election, the fulcrum of American politics rests once again in Central Florida.

It is, for these two sons, both born in 1964, the fulcrum for their great labors.

The lever of dissent has to be long, and the fulcrum—the immovable determination of the American president—has to be steady.

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

The paper was, as Gleick writes, “a fulcrum around which the world began to turn.”

With this fulcrum Bayanne had been moved to negotiate a formal treaty containing all Napoleon's stipulations.

That human individuality may be maintained, man is uplifted only over the fulcrum of his own will.

Once allow them to get a fulcrum and they would move the world.

The fulcrum must be placed above the centre of gravity of the beam.

The centre of gravity must be as near as possible to the fulcrum.

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On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fulcrum, such as: blueprint, clue, code, core, guide, and indicator.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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