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as in useful
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose
claimed that solar power is an exploitable form of energy that is being underutilized
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as in susceptible
readily taken advantage of
the group opposes commercials on TV shows for kids, believing that young viewers are too exploitable by advertisers
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Recent Examples of exploitable
But this was exploitable when their player rotations were not quick enough.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Geographic disparities in confidence and fraud exposure (Sub-Saharan Africa at 82%, North America at 79%) demonstrate how AI deployment without equivalent security maturation creates exploitable vulnerabilities.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
India’s 2025 National Geothermal Energy Policy identifies approximately 10,600 MW of exploitable potential, with pilot projects underway in Andhra Pradesh.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
Education isn’t a cure-all, but uninformed workers are more exploitable.
—Terri Gerstein, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
This horror mashup looks more like an indie-level attempt to take an exploitable idea and run it into the ground with one novel way after another to chop up a teenage cast.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
This could soon begin to attract the criminal organizations looking for exploitable areas of science.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The downside to that wildness is exploitable attack loops that lead to infinities.
—PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Geographic disparities in confidence and fraud exposure (Sub-Saharan Africa at 82%, North America at 79%) demonstrate how AI deployment without equivalent security maturation creates exploitable vulnerabilities.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
India’s 2025 National Geothermal Energy Policy identifies approximately 10,600 MW of exploitable potential, with pilot projects underway in Andhra Pradesh.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
Education isn’t a cure-all, but uninformed workers are more exploitable.
—Terri Gerstein, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
This horror mashup looks more like an indie-level attempt to take an exploitable idea and run it into the ground with one novel way after another to chop up a teenage cast.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
This could soon begin to attract the criminal organizations looking for exploitable areas of science.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The downside to that wildness is exploitable attack loops that lead to infinities.
—PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploitable
Adjective
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January 20 – February 18 New ideas connect friends in surprisingly useful ways.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The number is most useful as an upper-end benchmark; individual budgets will vary.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Moore is also susceptible to occasional concentration drops and is just an average blocker.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Place covers over susceptible crops early in the season, being sure to secure them on the edges to prevent adults from entering.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This season, that naive system would’ve won $2,400.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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And that seems to be a quite naïve view.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Try the West Fork of Oak Creek hike for a daylong adventure (with 11 rivers to cross), Broken Arrow Trail for an easier (yet no less scenic) stroll, or Boynton Vista Trail, which takes you to the Kachina Woman rock formation, one of the town’s four vortexes.—
Annie Daly,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Falcons put to bed any notion of an easy ride for Boise State early in the game.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Exploitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exploitable. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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