fulcrum

The fulcrum of the owners’ position is the principle of “competitive balance,” meaning that every team should have comparable resources for mounting a playoff campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

He experienced Scottish Cup glory with Alan Stubbs, but his game went to a new level under Neil Lennon, who described McGinn as "the fulcrum" of his team.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

For national security professionals of my generation, 9/11 was the fulcrum in many of our professional and personal lives.

From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026

“At this point, we are laser focused on the fulcrum question going forward: how effective are Iran’s drones?”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

Veins stood out in bas-relief on the necks of both men but neither arm moved more than two or three degrees to the right or left of the fulcrum point.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

It comprises the potentials of shoulders and spinal column which are fulcra of action, and of lungs and heart which are the energising organs of Life.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy

As many men as there is room for stand on each side of the block, and with levers resting on beams or stones as fulcra, raise the stone vertically as far as possible.

From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet

They thus form movable fulcra to bodies acting upon them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Fulcrate, having accessory organs or fulcra, i. e. props.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

Positioned as they are, between the bifurcations of the suspensory ligament and the pastern joint, they serve as fulcra and effectively assist in minimizing concussion which is received by the suspensory ligament.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

Lift with some danged pulley system involving fulcrums and levers and inclined planes, or, better yet, just hire some dumb lunk.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2019

Speaking on Sky Sports, swing coach Butch Harmon paid a fulcrums tribute to the European squad.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 30, 2018

Samba schools are social clubs, really, fulcrums of community spirit tucked deep into a neighborhood, many in ramshackle favelas.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2016

Our musculoskeletal system works in a similar manner, with bones being stiff levers and the articular endings of the bones—encased in synovial joints—acting as fulcrums.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The rods also serve another important function as fulcrums upon which the needle may be pressed up and down, so that it passes more easily over and under the successive warp strings.

From Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home by Mattie Phipps Todd