leverage

Example Sentences

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The critics argue Lemssouguer relies heavily on borrowed money, or leverage, to boost profits, a strategy prone to backfiring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

TYG reduced leverage from over 30% to 21% and diversified into electricity generation assets since 2020.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Nobody knows how many, but it doesn’t take too many for it to exert a lot of leverage.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

For Beijing, its economy comes first - and it is this economic interdependence with countries across the region which gives it leverage and helps it project some influence.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

She couldn’t drop down into the water for leverage.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers