lever

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Initial modifications are relatively modest, like installing grab bars in bathrooms or replacing doorknobs with lever handles.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Over time, however, the effort required for that option gradually increased, while the low-reward lever remained unchanged.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Last year it restricted rare-earth exports to Japan and used the threat of such restrictions as a lever against the U.S. before the two nations reached a truce.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Ben Bernanke was a particular advocate for the theory that Fed communications could serve as a policy lever in their own right, alongside manipulation of short-term interest rates and expansion of the Fed balance sheet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

He pulled a lever and flexed the heavy steel blade up and down, bringing the bottom edge to rest just even with the ground.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien