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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
Large-cap cult momentum names Tesla and Palantir exerted pressure on the S & P 500, even as micro-caps fly , quantum-computing lottery tickets surge , crypto presses to former highs , and Robinhood shares add 2% today, 22% this month and almost 300% year to date.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Prior to this year, a president hadn't exerted his power to go over a governor's head to call on the National Guard without their request since 1965.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
Under Newton’s laws, the way that gravitation worked was that any and all masses in the Universe exerted a force on one another, instantaneously across space, in direct proportion to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Orbán also exerted control over the country’s newspaper industry, which had previously been a vibrant one, with at least nine print titles in Budapest alone.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The more matter accreted, the more energy emitted and thus the more outward pressure exerted on infalling material.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But within a decade, ideology, history, and pressures exerted by South Africa’s own domestic politics have conspired to produce a foreign policy that was bound to alienate Washington.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
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
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
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Prior to this year, a president hadn't exerted his power to go over a governor's head to call on the National Guard without their request since 1965.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
Under Newton’s laws, the way that gravitation worked was that any and all masses in the Universe exerted a force on one another, instantaneously across space, in direct proportion to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Orbán also exerted control over the country’s newspaper industry, which had previously been a vibrant one, with at least nine print titles in Budapest alone.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The more matter accreted, the more energy emitted and thus the more outward pressure exerted on infalling material.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But within a decade, ideology, history, and pressures exerted by South Africa’s own domestic politics have conspired to produce a foreign policy that was bound to alienate Washington.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exerted
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The payout for select customers includes up to $1 of credit to be applied toward future ParkMobile service fees.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security has detained hundreds of TPS holders from Venezuela nationwide, creating confusion about how the protections are being applied.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Photos used in this column were made possible by the Barry Bingham Jr.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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That was the hammer Kaprizov and his representatives wielded, in an environment where so few superstars hit free agency despite unprecedented year-over-year cap growth.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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But also alarming is that government officials don’t seem to take seriously the need to justify the reasons for their use of force, which should only be wielded to protect the rights of Americans.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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Second is that Falvey exercised the 2026 team option on Baldelli’s contract during this season.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement More broadly, tenement dwellers exercised their freedom of assembly, press and speech by publishing and reading newspapers, and delivering and listening to speeches.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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