leveraged

verb

Definition of leveragednext
past tense of leverage
as in used
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 leveraged Companies like Samsung have leveraged the power of transistors to build a wide range of devices and used their industrial prowess to produce them at scale. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026 During their careers, Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga, Matt Damon, Ariana Grande and more A-listers have leveraged their fame and fortune for causes close to their hearts. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 The researchers leveraged a natural experiment from post-war Britain, when sugar rationing ended in September 1953. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Over the last four years, the Clark County Coroner’s Office, with the assistance of police and the FBI, has leveraged several types of technology trying to crack the cold case. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 That proximate quality is leveraged in the property’s water-centric programming and architecture, both intended to keep residents in close contact with water. — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Federal prosecutors claimed that Jeffries leveraged his wealth and power as Abercrombie’s CEO to coerce dozens of men into having sex with him and Smith. — Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026 Woolen leveraged his size to make every target against him look difficult. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 This evolution is supported by the scale of Naiz Fit’s proprietary data ecosystem, which can be leveraged to develop increasingly sophisticated personalization and intelligence solutions for fashion brands, the company said. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveraged
  1. used
  2. exploited
  3. abused
  4. manipulated
Verb
  • Bleach should never be used on a mattress, even if it’s diluted.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Even so, Wemlinger says the combo was used in much the same way throughout the home.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of used
Verb
  • Three more defendants have been sentenced to a total of 155 months in prison for their role in the Feeding Our Future Fraud scheme–the $250 MILLION scheme that exploited a program intended to feed thousands of children in Minnesota.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Early on July 11, agent 38148c found and exploited a zero-day in the Hugging Face handling of HDF5 files.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploited
Verb
  • Furious season 1 wrapped up the case as Alice arrested Catherine at Jay Easton’s (Peter McRobbie) house — the site where Catherine and her friend Isabel (Larissa Campos) were abused.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That series revealed just how little many local police departments are doing to make sure street-camera data is not being abused.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of abused
Verb
  • The association said the money was lost after criminals impersonated its leadership and manipulated financial transactions.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Our politics, cultures, and wars manipulated by America to varying extents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulated

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“Leveraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leveraged. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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