fulcrum
Example Sentences
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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
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
As a kind of fulcrum for his storytelling, Mr. Davenport uses Elizabeth Bouvia, who in 1983 became a cause célèbre of the right-to-die movement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
To do once, is the fulcrum whereby child-brain become man-brain; and until he have the purpose to do more, he continue to do the same again every time, just as he have done before!
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing fulcrum
"Rogue Wave," Vocabulary from the short story
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