Thesaurus results for CASH IN (ON)

cash in (on)

verb

Definition of cash in (on)

as in to use

to take unfair advantage of some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy

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And Oscar, stunned at his victory, promises to use his winnings to take the whole cast and crew to dinner.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Many organizations don’t have a complete inventory of where cryptography is being used today.

— Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of use

Verb

Look what women can do when they’re not abused, oppressed, and angry about being abused and oppressed!

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
Ultimately, the show attempts to draw a parallel between Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wuornos, portraying them as two women abused and mistreated by society who dared to fight back.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of abuse

Verb

That could be an area González looks to exploit Sunday, using the pace and creativity of Miami’s attacking stars to strike before San Diego can reorganize defensively.

— Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
The document, which was highly classified and written in Arabic, suggested that Hamas was planning to exploit the hostage families’ protests to fracture Israeli society.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of exploit

Verb

This sort of use of AI is not unique to Iran, nor to the way adversaries have been leveraging cyber capabilities for military purposes and to gain greater situational awareness, Shah and others said.

— Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
The challenge is making the economics of working locally in Canada, including leveraging currency savings and tax credits, to allow for international exploitation.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of leverage

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Posters are editing and manipulating the recordings to distort their content.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
But even if the risks are merely bad—like hacking into a single financial institution or hospital, manipulating the stock market, or taking out an electrical grid—suing a company after the fact won’t really provide the outcome society wants.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of manipulate

Verb

Iren shares, which are traded on the Nasdaq, soared 1,200% over six months last year as part of the AI boom.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 June 2026
Even after landing two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo in a blockbuster trade on Monday night, the work is not done for the Miami Heat.

— Anthony Chiang June 23, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026

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