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Recent Examples of exert
However, the Iranian regime has still attempted to exert dominance over the critical waterway by imposing pricey tolls on oil-carrying vessels.
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Sarah Davis, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
The merger aimed to distance the party from Sasikala’s influence amid mutual concerns that her faction exerted undue control over the party and prevent a split in the AIADMK government.
—Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
Fat build-up in muscles changes muscular structure and alters how muscles exert force, Fry said.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
No more having to exert extra effort just to reach into my pocket to pull out my phone!
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
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Sarah Davis, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
The merger aimed to distance the party from Sasikala’s influence amid mutual concerns that her faction exerted undue control over the party and prevent a split in the AIADMK government.
—Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
Fat build-up in muscles changes muscular structure and alters how muscles exert force, Fry said.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
No more having to exert extra effort just to reach into my pocket to pull out my phone!
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exert
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As of now, Imam has no plans to create a think tank or a second campus, even though those had seemed like good ideas when applying for the grant.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Students apply for it in their junior year, and are tasked with randomly choosing a decade to design head-turning fashion.—
Chris Wragge,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Los Angeles and Long Beach unified school districts, the county’s two largest districts, do not use LACOE’s portal for electronic tax documents and their employees were not affected, according to those districts.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
18 Apr. 2026
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This interactive balance board connects to a free app where your body becomes the controller, using movement to play engaging games.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Her The Kindred’s Curse Saga series follows healer Diem Bellator as the search for her missing mother pulls her into a growing civil war between the oppressed mortals of Emarion and the magic-wielding demigods known as the Descended.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2026
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Before his death, Mikhail had told sheriff’s deputies that he had been jumped in September by eight gun-wielding individuals, including Elijah, at the YMCA basketball courts near Oak Ridge High School.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Other sports franchises followed the Giants’ example, and dynamic pricing, which had already been employed by airlines and hotels, gradually became the norm in American sports.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Data on dietary habits exists in a few cookbooks, but researchers have to employ highly specialized methods in order to glean what the status of their health was.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Exert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exert. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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