How to Use exploit in a Sentence

exploit

1 of 2 noun
  • For now, Sater still talks to the press about his exploits.
    Alex Ward, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
  • And this one might have been the best of all of his high-flying exploits.
    Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Nutsch got used to the anonymity of his exploits early on.
    Jon Niccum, kansascity, 18 Jan. 2018
  • That’s a guilty pleasure, to follow the exploits of the rich and famous.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 4 June 2018
  • No place to chronicle the exploits of the beloved high school hockey teams.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The power and ease of use of the Pantsdown exploit are by no means new.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 26 May 2022
  • This is the third zero-day exploit that Google has had to patch this year.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The attacker posted a tweet that warned users about a fake exploit.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
  • This was a time when ideas were firmly on the explore side of the explore/exploit divide.
    Samuel Arbesman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Mango has not yet confirmed the cause for the apparent exploit.
    Taylor Locke, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Most people see the humor in it, and the way the woozy sonic touches play into the exploits of a pothead.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And the older the site/technology, the more likely there is an exploit for it.
    Rafael Romis, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Anyone with the exploit can get full acces s to an unpatched machine.
    Frank Bajak, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Anyone with the exploit can get full access to an unpatched machine.
    NBC News, 10 Dec. 2021
  • For some younger people these days, the talk of Jackson's exploits may seem a bit overblown.
    Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Below is the YouTube video demonstrating how the exploit works.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Fassbinder exalts the exploits of the hidden heroes of daily life.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2018
  • He was honored by the Greek government some years ago for his wartime exploits.
    Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • News of her uncommon exploits splashed across newspapers around the world.
    Kate Siber, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
  • Of course, there were hundreds, if not thousands, of the chronicles of whites and their exploits in the slave trade.
    Angela Helm, The Root, 10 May 2018
  • These exploits have become the central star of our calendars.
    Ben Long, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The exploit works by adding malicious entries to one of the template printer scripts that are present by default.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2023
  • To gain persistent root access, the researcher used the exploit flow to create a backdoor.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2022
  • But the talk in the Bucks locker room was about Jennings’ latest exploits.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2019
  • What is necessary to avoid detection of this exploit was outside the scope of my testing.
    Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2019
  • One of his most famous exploits involves him creeping on a woman who was bathing, causing her to jump out of the tub.
    Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Thag stops hunting, content to relax in the cave and relive the exploits of his successful kill.
    William Von Hippel, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2019
  • Wouters also noted that this type of exploit isn't unique to Tesla.
    Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 23 Nov. 2020
  • At his new place, in a modest suburban strip mall, framed news stories about his exploits line the walls.
    Jeremy Raff, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2017
  • But there are sure to be more stories around the barber shop about Donaven and his exploits on the football field.
    Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2019
Advertisement

exploit

2 of 2 verb
  • She said the tragedy had been exploited by the media.
  • Top athletes are able to exploit their opponents' weaknesses.
  • He has never fully exploited his talents.
  • Over the course of the year, teams find ways to exploit you on both ends of the court.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • These problems are caused by the drive of the bosses to exploit us more and more.
    baltimoresun.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The land is as much a vivid character as the people who exploit it.
    Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The question is whether the Trump campaign can exploit it.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 21 Aug. 2020
  • And the very same people who made me ashamed to live here are the ones now exploiting it for clicks and views.
    Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 12 July 2018
  • Don’t exploit or mistreat the refugee, the orphan, and the widow.
    Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Can split out wide or match up against linebackers to exploit wheel routes.
    oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2020
  • The bad news is that it’s already being exploited in the wild.
    Michael Simon, PCWorld, 10 Jan. 2020
  • And with these new technologies comes more ways to exploit it.
    Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Now, members of the far right are coming in to try to exploit the tension.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • But on the street, there is no safe way to exploit the lofty limits of this chassis.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The Sachems will look to exploit any weaknesses in this tough road test.
    Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2018
  • Herbert will find holes in the secondary and exploit them quickly.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2021
  • People who seek to exploit children can no longer do so with one click.
    Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
  • This is the chance for the Nuggets to exploit the situation and get a precious win.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
  • And maybe this is a tax loophole that is being exploited.
    Theodore Schleifer, Recode, 16 Oct. 2018
  • For the second time this season, a team found a way to exploit some of Fields’ flaws.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Why did the raiders keep finding overstuffed pensions to exploit?
    Mary Williams Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2018
  • Denver is the type of defense Durant was built to exploit.
    Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The guess here is that Álvarez will exploit one of those mistakes and score a late stoppage.
    Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Attackers aware of the issue might still attempt to exploit it.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 7 May 2021
  • Will a film appear sensitive enough to the pain of the global outbreak, or seem to exploit it?
    Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 2 June 2020
  • The Ducks should be able to exploit the edges of Stanford’s defense.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2020
  • For now, good teams will find a way to exploit him defensively.
    Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • In wider herp circles, talk was of Burmese python exploits the likes of which had never been seen.
    Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • Chrome has had its share of similar flaws, which have also been exploited in the wild.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Here are a few plans already in the works for how humans will explore and exploit the Arctic.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2018

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'exploit.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: