Leverage and Return

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Leverage noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

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Return and leverage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Leverage".

Nearby Words: lever, levered, leveraged, leveraging

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Leverage and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leverage" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

good	good leverage	good return
future	future leverage	future return
actual	actual leverage	actual return
entire	entire leverage	entire return
Other adjectives: real, little, possible, temporary, less, previous.

Even when Dhurke broke Amara out, Ga'ran eventually forced her to return and do her bidding by using Amara's then-newborn daughter as leverage.

Source: That One Case
When they get there, Ryoma's army is there to intercept them and force Corrin to return to Hoshido with him, and when he hears that Elise is dying, he uses this as leverage to force Corrin to surrender in exchange for Elise's safe passage for treatment.

Source: Broken Base / Fire Emblem Fates
The murder of Levi Kroll plus a shooting at Alex's school → a plot to assassinate the American secretary of state and frame Alex (and by extension the British government) for the crime, thereby giving Scorpia leverage to force the British government to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

Source: Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot

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