needle

Example Sentences

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Beijing’s continued push for a stronger social safety net will eventually pay dividends, but the piecemeal annual improvements simply won’t move the needle on consumer spending in the short term.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jay Goldberg, a Seaport Research analyst who’s the lone bear on Nvidia’s stock, said the company “is having a harder time moving the needle” lately.

From MarketWatch

To shift the needle there, you would have to meaningfully add to supply to replace the 20 million barrels per day being cut off by Iran, and any new production isn’t going to do that.

From Los Angeles Times

“Finding the actors that deliver a filmmaker’s vision is like finding a needle in a haystack,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Imagine that the U.S. manages to thread these needles.

From Los Angeles Times