leverage

Example Sentences

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He noted that diplomatic solutions leave the other side with leverage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Had the crew member been captured, Iran would have had a point of leverage with the U.S. and a valuable wartime propaganda prize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

David Eichhorn, the CEO of NISA, a fixed-income asset manager with $500 billion under management, has analyzed private credit and says current bond spreads make leverage less economic for BDCs.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Given high annual BDC fees that can run five percentage points or more, the managers need to use leverage in order to pay dividends that run at close to 10%.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

In just the past five years, Bear Stearns’s leverage had gone from 20:1 to 40:1.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis