Examples of exploitative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Paizo’s union formed in the wake of public controversy over the company’s reportedly exploitative labor practices, like overwork, an over-reliance on contingent workers, and low pay. — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 28 Dec. 2021 There's also a growth industry of exploitative master's degrees that impose costs similar to a JD but offer none of the professional benefits. — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 22 Dec. 2021 Despite the tabloid-y nature of the film’s subject, Safarty’s approach is far from exploitative. — Andrew Lapin, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2021 And police found exploitative videos of Volar abusing girls who appeared as young as 12, the Post reported. — NBC News, 29 Nov. 2021 But Richardson cautions that casual viewing of Black people dying online and on TV can become exploitative. — Matt Williams, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2021 Opposition leaders, who earlier called the laws exploitative and supported the protests, congratulated the farmers. — Sheikh Saaliq, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2021 But some of those mentoring relationships, the court’s investigation showed, became exploitative. — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2021 The true-crime genre and reality TV shows like Love After Lockup can be pretty exploitative. — John J. Lennon, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2021

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