fulcrum
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The No. 5 pick can add an immediate rotation player for the Clippers while also being a potential fulcrum for what experts consider one of the deepest draft classes ever.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 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
Bonds have been making a comeback as weakness has hit tech stocks, which have long been the fulcrum point of this bull market.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026
With Mendis as the fulcrum, Sri Lanka found 80 runs from the final 10 overs, an acceleration that would later prove beyond England.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
There are those who secretly deplore these great discoveries, who consider every step a demotion, who in their heart of hearts still pine for a universe whose center, focus and fulcrum is the Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing fulcrum
"Rogue Wave," Vocabulary from the short story
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