Example Sentences
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Rain Newton-Smith, head of British employers' lobby group, the CBI, said "business leaders will be encouraged by efforts to use the levers of devolution to spread prosperity across the country".
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
RBC Capital analyst Logan Reich notes Domino’s is lapping the initiatives that juiced 2025—the introduction of stuffed crusts decades after Pizza Hut and its arrival on DoorDash—with no easy levers ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
But Harding-Rolls said that may not necessarily be the case because console makers "have different levers that can be pulled to offset hardware costs, which can support cheaper pricing".
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
“These actions, coupled with the constant changes to policies surrounding member access to facilities, reveal a clear attack on the levers that ensure government transparency at every level,” the members wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Only he even saw these things, it seemed; only he considered how they had been made, the gears turning, the levers tilting.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
