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Use "ratcheted" in a sentence
"But without this regular reporting, there is no mechanism through which institutions with bad safety performance can be "ratcheted" up into better practices and better safety outcomes."
"Having said that, Tony Blair, as you say, kind of ratcheted up the bellicosity a little bit this morning."
"We've already kind of ratcheted back given the environment."