needle

Example Sentences

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Investors don’t see any of this moving the needle for the biggest U.S. player in Venezuela: Chevron.

From Barron's

Even with all of their star power and familiar characters, films like ‘Thunderbolts*” and “Snow White,” which would’ve been guaranteed successes less than a decade ago, failed to move the critical and commercial needles stateside.

From Salon

Still, Tierney’s show has managed to thread a very complicated needle.

From Salon

Considering Apple’s sweeping base of roughly 2.4 billion users, “we believe incremental gains from technology upgrade cycles will become more difficult to attain, much less move the needle,” Fairbanks continued.

From Barron's

During the July 2025 interview, there were some tense moments: Owens needled Fuentes over why he hadn’t married and started a family.

From Salon