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to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively
parental involvement has consistently been shown to exert the most influence over a child's success in school
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Recent Examples of exerted
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.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
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
Trump has exerted fierce political pressure on the Fed to cut rates.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
The Giants have not exerted that kind of pressure and Adames has been as passive as everyone else.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
These meters often use electrical conductivity or tensiometer tubes that measure the suction exerted by the soil on the water, which indicates the soil moisture available to plants.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Low blood pressure is when the force exerted by blood on artery walls is low.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2025
Pressure must be exerted on Russia for the sake of a just peace.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Pressure must be exerted on Russia for the sake of a just peace.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
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
Trump has exerted fierce political pressure on the Fed to cut rates.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
The Giants have not exerted that kind of pressure and Adames has been as passive as everyone else.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
These meters often use electrical conductivity or tensiometer tubes that measure the suction exerted by the soil on the water, which indicates the soil moisture available to plants.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Low blood pressure is when the force exerted by blood on artery walls is low.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2025
Pressure must be exerted on Russia for the sake of a just peace.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Pressure must be exerted on Russia for the sake of a just peace.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exerted
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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
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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 institutions of the new democracy were fragile, and the military still wielded enough influence to block meaningful accountability.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since January, the federal government has canceled F-1 visas, slowed down processing and wielded visa restrictions in legal disputes with colleges such as Harvard University.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Exerted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exerted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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