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the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose
the observation that the best exercise for losing weight is the exercise of one's ability to say no to food
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as in practises
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 applies
to put into action or service
commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency
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as in alarms
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 exercises
Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
This despite the big downward revision to estimates of job growth from April 2024 through March 2025, a somewhat greater change than most benchmark-revision exercises but consistent with other signs of a low-metabolism job market.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Performance visibility plays an increasingly important role in value creation exercises.
—Nate Heeren, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Try these exercises and gradually progress them by adding more resistance, sets, and repetitions over time.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Simple exercises, such as ball squeezes, towel twists, dead hangs, and farmers' carries, can build grip strength using everyday items or basic equipment.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Canadian Joint Operations Command Both warships had taken part in joint exercises with the Philippines last week.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
It is used for tasks like industrial mapping and international defense exercises.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Further, employee reviews posted on the website Glassdoor claim that Chinese leadership still exercises considerable influence over Futurewei.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
Her belief was that talking exercises the brain.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Trinh exercises two hours daily in the pool and works for at least an hour most weekdays with a physical therapist at the nearby Paley Institute.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
Exploring Pynchon’s novels, and cross-referencing his complex jokes, exercises empathetic cartography.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
The Pro 3 will also be able to sense heart rate and calories burned during workouts and track up to 50 different kinds of exercises through Apple’s fitness app.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
This despite the big downward revision to estimates of job growth from April 2024 through March 2025, a somewhat greater change than most benchmark-revision exercises but consistent with other signs of a low-metabolism job market.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Performance visibility plays an increasingly important role in value creation exercises.
—Nate Heeren, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Try these exercises and gradually progress them by adding more resistance, sets, and repetitions over time.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Simple exercises, such as ball squeezes, towel twists, dead hangs, and farmers' carries, can build grip strength using everyday items or basic equipment.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Canadian Joint Operations Command Both warships had taken part in joint exercises with the Philippines last week.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
It is used for tasks like industrial mapping and international defense exercises.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy shows excellent training and a high level of combat readiness, which was demonstrated, among other things, by the July Storm exercises.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Further, employee reviews posted on the website Glassdoor claim that Chinese leadership still exercises considerable influence over Futurewei.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
Her belief was that talking exercises the brain.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Trinh exercises two hours daily in the pool and works for at least an hour most weekdays with a physical therapist at the nearby Paley Institute.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
Exploring Pynchon’s novels, and cross-referencing his complex jokes, exercises empathetic cartography.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exercises
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Bill 2331/22 establishes a minimum theatrical window of 63 days (nine weeks), which represents an improvement in relation to current market practices but is less than what exhibitors and distributors demand.—
Marcelo Cajueiro,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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If your organization hasn't taken a hard look at its logging practices, now is the time.—
Bill Hineline,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Professor Russell wrote the core textbook on AI that every computer science major uses.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Across the country, concern has arisen over improper uses of restraint and seclusion causing physical and mental harm — and sometimes even death — to students.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
8 Sep. 2025
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As the planet orbits the star, the star also moves — or wobbles in its own orbit — due to the equal-and-opposite gravitational force that the planet exerts on the parent star.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
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Artau has been a longtime member of the Republican Party and the conservative Federalist Society, which exerts a significant influence on judicial appointments at the state and federal levels.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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The expiring boost, implemented in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act under former President Joe Biden, applies to 22 million of the 24 million low- and middle-income Americans with plans through the ACA marketplace.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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No, Spotify's Lossless Listening only applies to music streamed on the app, Spotify engineer John Cieslik-Bridgen told USA TODAY.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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But the administration’s approach alarms other Jewish groups and erstwhile academic allies in the fight against campus antisemitism.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
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A far cry from throwing a $20 million wedding in Venice or flying into space, the experience still taught him valuable lessons.—
Martina Castellanos,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Several royal experts believe Meghan Markle could learn powerful lessons from Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s brief life.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Pliops was showcasing its XDP LightingAI at the Summit, a GenAI native memory stack to power interfence and retrieval workloads for hyperscale and enterprise applications.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Green then explained the medical and industrial applications for these new knits.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Morgan is paired with Detective Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) — cue the romantic tension — and utilizes her photographic memory and life experience to bring an unconventional perspective to his caseload.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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In only nine months, the young researchers reportedly built the prototype machine, which utilizes a rotating laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) system to print cylindrical metal parts significantly faster than conventional systems.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Exercises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exercises. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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