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as in practiced
to do over and over so as to become skilled
the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing
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as in used
to put into action or service
commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency
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as in alarmed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised
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Recent Examples of exercised
But between June and July, sales have bounced back—possibly because home-buying has become more affordable in the state thanks to the pressure exercised by dwindling demand and growing supply.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Smartphone users were younger and exercised less on average than non-users.
—New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
If it’s not exercised, left to right, top to bottom, atrophy sets in.
—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
The Giants have exercised caution with Rodríguez, who missed about six weeks last season due to right elbow inflammation.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt, a 2022 first-round pick whose fifth-year option was just exercised, and 2023 Day 3 picks Karl Brooks and Colby Wooden must help compensate for the loss of the stalwart Clark, who is fully healthy after recovering from offseason toe surgery.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2025
The Irvine Company dealt underperforming assets and exercised their own strategic prerogatives.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Williams’ rookie contract runs through ’27 with the likelihood of a fifth-year option for ’28 being exercised if he hasn’t been signed to an extension of his own.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Smartphone users were younger and exercised less on average than non-users.
—New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
If it’s not exercised, left to right, top to bottom, atrophy sets in.
—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
The Giants have exercised caution with Rodríguez, who missed about six weeks last season due to right elbow inflammation.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt, a 2022 first-round pick whose fifth-year option was just exercised, and 2023 Day 3 picks Karl Brooks and Colby Wooden must help compensate for the loss of the stalwart Clark, who is fully healthy after recovering from offseason toe surgery.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2025
The Irvine Company dealt underperforming assets and exercised their own strategic prerogatives.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Williams’ rookie contract runs through ’27 with the likelihood of a fifth-year option for ’28 being exercised if he hasn’t been signed to an extension of his own.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exercised
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Still, all this comes at a time when Trump has rolled over his political opposition and has exerted his muscle against the media, private law firms and individual enemies.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 2025
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The sheer cultural density of science fiction has undoubtedly exerted a gravitational pull on our imagination, shaping what the general population believes could be possible, what our priorities should be, and how the future will ultimately arrive.—
Nick Foster
August 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
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People around the world have long practiced mummifying, or preserving organic remains, using various techniques — including heat, smoke, salts, freeze-drying and embalming — to remove moisture from the body’s soft tissues and prevent decay.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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But when Jobs gave a presentation, everything was calculated, everything was practiced.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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Testing in a model plant The team added the McG cycle genes to Arabidopsis thaliana, a small weed often used in plant research.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The dating technique used on the eggs, known more formally as carbonate uranium-lead, or U-Pb, dating, is a common process for determining the age of carbonate minerals — those containing calcium, iron, manganese and magnesium.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The incursion was by far the largest-ever of Russian drones into NATO airspace, a move that has alarmed allied countries and fueled fears the war is escalating and spreading.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Police took Taddese’s phone and vehicle as evidence, which alarmed the family, Bernard said, explaining some of the family’s reservations about the police investigation.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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So, perhaps the discipline to be applied here is the practice of regularly choosing to test our assumptions.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The color was applied to the top of the nail as a French tip with an empty line slit through the middle.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These innovative solutions emerged from a desire to enhance collaboration and are now being utilized to drive further innovations in organizations worldwide.—
David Henkin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nonetheless, injuries occur in the NBA, and at best, Len and Ryan can be utilized as depth pieces for the Knicks.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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No one has bothered to figure out the degree to which that alters the scaling laws of AI models until now.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The two were hardly bothered, though.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
15 Sep. 2025
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Vulnerabilities in those systems have been exploited in high-profile attacks across DeFi.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Breinholt, an architect of the material support statutes who spent three decades as a federal terrorism prosecutor, defends the laws as crucial to closing loopholes that were exploited by foreign militant groups and their domestic sympathizers.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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