leveraging

verb

present participle of leverage
as in using
to take unfair advantage of a reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame

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Recent Examples of leveraging Summary Despite the digital shift, leading retailers are leveraging AI to enhance human customer connections, not replace them. — John Hall, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The project is expected to generate more electricity than any other in the world, leveraging a 2,000-meter altitude drop by blasting tunnels through a mountain. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 That’s as private credit is financing the AI boom as well, while chipmaker Nvidia is even leveraging its balance sheet to back AI deals. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 By shifting the focus to high-stakes, spontaneous human interaction and leveraging AI for active learning rather than trusting it to do the work, educators can ensure that the knowledge lives within the student, not just the model. — Jason Corso, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 That user is suing multiple sportsbooks, including FanDuel, for leveraging VIP perks to coerce further betting. — Tim Britton, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Experience Group will serve as Lee’s operating partner across Europe, leveraging its regional expertise and operating infrastructure as well as product capabilities to support the next phase of the brand’s growth. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 By leveraging quantum mechanics, this type of computing accelerates processing speeds and technological progress exponentially. — Tal Rosenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveraging
  1. using
  2. exploiting
  3. abusing
  4. manipulating
Verb
  • Operators can also continue using diesel when hydrogen supplies are unavailable.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Razorbill brings that experience to one of the industry's most recognizable blade profiles, using extensive CNC machining to make geometry itself part of both the product's performance and its appearance.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of using
Verb
  • Others have been accused of exploiting the relatively affordable policies to acquire residency by creating shell companies, prompting calls to plug loopholes.
    — Christine Miyawaki, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Letting GaN balance its own charge Researchers at EPFL’s POWERlab tackled the problem by exploiting something GaN naturally does.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploiting
Verb
  • Communities from Lansing, Michigan, to Pflugerville, Texas, are ending their relationship with Flock, largely over concerns regarding out-of-control surveillance, unwanted data sharing, high expenses, and reports of police abusing the tool.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Countless cops, meanwhile, are abusing the cameras to stalk women.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of abusing
Verb
  • Last Wednesday, Meta reached a settlement with the attorneys general of forty-seven states, who had sued it for illegally manipulating the attention of children.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The experiment, therefore, suggests that empty space itself could become a new tool for manipulating quantum matter, much like other efforts to push the limits of superconducting materials.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulating

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“Leveraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leveraging. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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