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Recent Examples of exert
Just how much the horses exert themselves is up to the trainer and the day.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that the leader is lucid and exerting total control over the country that his office commands.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026
Our Land is a bracing film about the murder of Chuschagasta leader Javier Chocobar, whose community has been trying for years to exert its Indigenous land rights; he was killed in 2009 in a skirmish with three armed men trying to survey the area for mining efforts.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Lloyd Webber still exerts artistic control through the score, which is treated too reverently.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that the leader is lucid and exerting total control over the country that his office commands.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026
Our Land is a bracing film about the murder of Chuschagasta leader Javier Chocobar, whose community has been trying for years to exert its Indigenous land rights; he was killed in 2009 in a skirmish with three armed men trying to survey the area for mining efforts.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Lloyd Webber still exerts artistic control through the score, which is treated too reverently.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exert
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Conventional solutions often involve applying external pressure in the tens of megapascals or utilizing complex coating processes that increase manufacturing costs and reduce packaging efficiency.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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His church also applied financial pressure before the United Methodist Church conference struck down longstanding anti-LGBTQ policies.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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First, locate the radiant to the left of the waning moon using a handy smartphone stargazing app.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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For Love in the Time of Cholera, 1989, for instance, Pau uses early Picture-in-Picture (PiP) technology to frame clips from Zuni’s 1988 October/Decameron stage performance, which then float, rotate, and cascade across the screen.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Long before industrial emissions, our ancestors wielded flames as environmental engineering tools.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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But the bills didn’t have support from law enforcement, which wields significant sway in the Capitol.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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The vast majority of ChatGPT users employ the free version.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Government agencies have employed an array of methods to try to control the spread of the mussels, in the Great Lakes and elsewhere.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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“Exert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exert. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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