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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 exerts
The team traced this distortion to optostriction, where the electromagnetic field of light exerts a small but measurable mechanical force on the atoms.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
This growth can’t last forever early on, as radiation carries lots of energy and exerts a significant amount of pressure.
—Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
Directed by the Austrian pair Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, The Lodge is a slow-burn genre exercise that exerts the pressure of a steel vise.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
Artau has been a longtime member of the Republican Party and the conservative Federalist Society, which exerts a significant influence on judicial appointments at the state and federal levels.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
But Hosoda’s expressionism virtually disappears thereafter, and a dry sense of order exerts itself once the story is spirited back towards Elsinore.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
His name is Berend Mihály (Grégory Gadebois), a bear of a man who exerts a strange control over Klára.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
This growth can’t last forever early on, as radiation carries lots of energy and exerts a significant amount of pressure.
—Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
Directed by the Austrian pair Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, The Lodge is a slow-burn genre exercise that exerts the pressure of a steel vise.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
Artau has been a longtime member of the Republican Party and the conservative Federalist Society, which exerts a significant influence on judicial appointments at the state and federal levels.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
But Hosoda’s expressionism virtually disappears thereafter, and a dry sense of order exerts itself once the story is spirited back towards Elsinore.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
His name is Berend Mihály (Grégory Gadebois), a bear of a man who exerts a strange control over Klára.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exerts
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Legal observers are also watching whether the Court’s conservative majority—which invoked the major questions doctrine to strike down Biden-era initiatives on student loans, pandemic mandates, and climate rules—applies the same standard to a Republican president.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The same applies to Stanley Black & Decker — a big Wednesday gainer.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Kwei uses his last breath to send his brother to Genna, offering him a chance to at least attempt his first hunt.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Dancing with the Stars contestant also uses the Body patches.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Where Reagan sought leverage to pry open markets, Trump wields tariffs like blunt instruments to close them.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Nigeria, the most populous country with over 230 million people, wields significant cultural influence across the region and internationally.—
Amaka Anku,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Exerts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exerts. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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