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Recent Examples of exert
If the Trump administration decided to reduce U.S. contributions to the IMF while exerting greater control, other members would not have to remain beholden to it.
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Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Congress must exert its authority to demand the restoration of the CDC's critical reproductive health surveillance efforts and resist any attempt to weaken Medicaid.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
It’s thoroughly lapped the competition — coming from several different generations of jam bands — while exerting far more influence on the genre than any act not named the Grateful Dead.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Education is another sector where government funding exerts significant influence, as the Trump Administration is now demonstrating.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Congress must exert its authority to demand the restoration of the CDC's critical reproductive health surveillance efforts and resist any attempt to weaken Medicaid.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
It’s thoroughly lapped the competition — coming from several different generations of jam bands — while exerting far more influence on the genre than any act not named the Grateful Dead.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Education is another sector where government funding exerts significant influence, as the Trump Administration is now demonstrating.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exert
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Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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If an institution like Harvard cannot resist tyranny when applied to it, then who can? KARL (voice-over): The Ivy League University refuses Trump's latest demands, putting billions in federal funding on the line.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Mangione handed arriving officers a fake New Jersey ID that was used at the New York City hostel days earlier and was subsequently arrested.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Start today and use coupon code EARLYBIRD for an introductory discount of 30% off $67 (+taxes and fees) through May 13, 2025.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Fed wields extensive power over the U.S. economy.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Prestige is a thrilling and effective sleight of hand, reveling in its use of identical twins as a last-second shock: a dirty little secret best left in the dark, wielded by these brothers who live in the shadows to pull off the ultimate illusion.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The company created huge plants in America employing thousands and pushing the envelope for the home team in the EV space.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Miller’s attorney, Joel Levine, told The Times that the FBI threw the book at his client as an overreaction to its mistake in keeping him employed.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Exert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exert. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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