Thesaurus results for CASHED IN (ON)

cashed in (on)

verb

past tense of cash in (on)

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

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According to the Financial Times, the Wall Street bank boss used the conversation to lobby the British government against creating a more hostile tax environment for banks.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
But Roman says that in cross-examination, the defense used the same searches to highlight their argument that Clancy was overmedicated, failed by the medical system, and experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of used

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Because of Alden’s quick thinking, Danny now has evidence of all the women abused by Hal and the Eastons over the years.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
In one, Henderson represents a group of families who allege a special education teacher physically abused students.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of abused

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Today, cloud security provider Wiz published a research blog claiming that Wiz Red Agent had autonomously discovered and exploited a GitHub Actions vulnerability in one of Snowflake’s public repositories.

— Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
What’s being exploited and misdirected is men’s search for belonging and for economic security.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploited

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Over the last four years, the Clark County Coroner’s Office, with the assistance of police and the FBI, has leveraged several types of technology trying to crack the cold case.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
At that time, the German Green Party leveraged a power-sharing arrangement to demand subsidies for rooftop solar, says climate writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of leveraged

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This study proves that ion storage order can be precisely manipulated through molecular-level engineering.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Now imagine that same agent, compromised or manipulated, querying every past-due invoice armed with full client details.

— Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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