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 The Phoenix Suns extended forward Dillon Brooks for three years, $73 million, leveraging the NBA's Larry Bird exception. — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Planners can automate the flow of a product throughout its lifecycle in a way that optimizes full-price sales by leveraging the forecast based on actual sales. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026 When activated, this mode will automatically take a video and a high-quality still photo at the right moment, leveraging the phone’s image processing to crop and remove blur. — ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 Rosenberg will lead the family entertainment company’s feature film development and production, leveraging its multi-year deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 The First Building’s biosolar roof combines 319 north-facing solar panels with over 14,000 native Cumberland Plain plants, leveraging natural evapotranspiration to cool the surrounding air. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 Now Nightmare Eclipse claims to have effectively circumvented the company’s patch through ShieldBreak by apparently leveraging a different method. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026 Cooper has spent the past few years leveraging the show into new business opportunities. — Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 Rivian’s solution is to imbue the office with a sense of adventure, leveraging Atlanta’s renowned urban treescape. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveraging
  1. using
  2. exploiting
  3. abusing
  4. manipulating
Verb
  • In Texas, lawmakers have been exploring a ban on foreign nationals using Texas surrogates – a move surrogacy experts worry could be the first step toward a statewide ban on the practice.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Triglav Lodge, Slovenia's highest-altitude guest hut at an elevation of 2,515 meters (8,251 feet), is using paper plates this summer to save water on dishes.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • Smaller countries and nonstate actors are increasingly exploiting chokepoints, as well.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In any case, the incident highlights how autonomous agents are becoming more effective at identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities.
    — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploiting
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  • In addition to many successes, there is no record of his office abusing employees, leaking passwords, giving the public false information, or losing expensive reports.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Roell was later accused of abusing nonverbal special-needs students at Crosby Elementary School, authorities said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of abusing
Verb
  • Sandoval’s ex, Dillon Maquindang, stood at a podium Thursday morning and decried the defendant for cheating on them, manipulating them and taking out his failures on Maquindang’s family.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In recent years, totalizing ideologies such as communism, fascism, and Islamism have found dedicated audiences on social media, and the proliferation of demagogues manipulating people for malign ends is an ever-present worry.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulating

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