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lever

[lev-er, lee-ver] / ˈlɛv ər, ˈli vər /




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These features are only available for limited usage on current iPhones due to computing constraints, which will provide Apple with a powerful new monetization lever.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"It gives us a new molecular lever -- and potentially a new set of tools -- for tackling these conditions."

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

The final scene after almost 90 minutes featured Colbert and McCartney going to the light box of the theater and pulling the lever to “off.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Washington has a foreign-policy lever that costs almost nothing, earns interest and might have helped break up the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The ancients knew a few of these equation-laws, like the law of the lever, but with the beginning of the scientific revolution these equation-laws sprang up everywhere.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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