Definition of "leveraging" []

• Present participle of leverage. (verb)

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• "Avoiding the word "leveraging," he said work is under way to scale up the fund's capacity without requiring each country to chip in more."
• "Instead of just using e-mail and instant messaging, companies will begin leveraging social networking-like capabilities to collaborate with their colleagues."
• "Finally, as the rare earths contretemps has made abundantly clear, we must acknowledge with great urgency that China is growing more confident in leveraging its economic power through its growing military might, in order to advance its broad strategic interests and regional expansion objectives."