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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
The meters 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.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
In a battle for NFC supremacy, Tampa Bay exerted its dominance while the Niners’ season — which looked so promising last Thursday — appears to be in total flux following the likely season-ending injury to Fred Warner and San Francisco’s floundering performance.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
In January, the US president exerted decisive pressure on Netanyahu to accept a deal that brought 30 of the living hostages and eight deceased hostages home.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
This grotesque miscarriage of justice is almost solely responsible for the influence that billionaires and shadowy Super PACs have exerted on the last three presidential elections, turning our politics into a plaything for the wealthiest Americans.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
In a battle for NFC supremacy, Tampa Bay exerted its dominance while the Niners’ season — which looked so promising last Thursday — appears to be in total flux following the likely season-ending injury to Fred Warner and San Francisco’s floundering performance.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
In January, the US president exerted decisive pressure on Netanyahu to accept a deal that brought 30 of the living hostages and eight deceased hostages home.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
This grotesque miscarriage of justice is almost solely responsible for the influence that billionaires and shadowy Super PACs have exerted on the last three presidential elections, turning our politics into a plaything for the wealthiest Americans.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exerted
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But, with the loss of his income and bills pouring in, the family applied for benefits at the end of September when her husband's paychecks officially dried up.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The most obvious being that mice were used, so results can’t be directly applied to humans yet.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That being said, Flick’s side have faced similar issues with their press, having used the full-back jump since last season.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Photos used in this column were made possible by the Barry Bingham Jr.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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So will end the tenure of a public figure who quietly wielded sizable influence heading up the Sacramento County Office of Education.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Language purists like to remind anyone who will listen that decimation actually means the slaughter of one in ten people, and was the military punishment wielded by the Roman army against deserters and mutineers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Contract options exercised for 4 The club exercised contract options on Stephen Afrifa, Zorhan Bassong, Jansen Miller and John Pulskamp, while declining options for Tim Leibold, Nemanja Radoja, Ryan Schewe, Shelton and Mason Toye.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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The American patriots who showed up on January 6 were doing their duty as citizens to ensure the will of the people was exercised.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Exerted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exerted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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