levered

verb

past tense of lever
as in pried
to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position

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Recent Examples of levered Back at the end of April, investment bank Jefferies put out a basket of names levered to OpenAI, including Oracle, CoreWeave , SoftBank and Broadcom , among others. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 And those tails, on both sides, are levered bets on Musk succeeding or failing. — Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 The drop was exacerbated by a large number of traders who were highly levered, borrowing money to increase the size of their bets. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for levered
  1. pried
  2. pulled
  3. lifted
Verb
  • The latest was on Sunday, when interior doors of the restaurant were forced and pried open and $1,300 was stolen, all while a cleaning crew was inside.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Across six Premier League seasons in the 1990s, Newcastle pried 12 different players from poorer sides, more than anyone else in that period.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of pried
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  • The Twins pulled even in the second inning on Lee’s RBI single.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • However, entering June, crude prices pulled back significantly, while retail gasoline prices declined at a markedly slower pace.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulled
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  • Wednesday’s topping-out ceremony, when a construction crew lifted the final structural beam into place, doesn’t change that.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • CrowdStrike's results lifted shares of fellow cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks, up more than 10% on Thursday.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of lifted

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

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