lever

Example Sentences

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One lever was low-reward -- mice needed six presses to get one drop of milk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Is Verstappen's threat to quit a lever to alter rules?

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Ben Bernanke was a particular advocate for the theory that Fed communications could serve as a policy lever in their own right, alongside manipulation of short-term interest rates and expansion of the Fed balance sheet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Last year it restricted rare-earth exports to Japan and used the threat of such restrictions as a lever against the U.S. before the two nations reached a truce.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

He waved at an assistant, who pulled a big lever.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell