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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
As the planet orbits the star, the star also moves — or wobbles in its own orbit — due to the equal-and-opposite gravitational force that the planet exerts on the parent star.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 10 Sep. 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
At any season, weather exerts a strong influence on bass behavior.
—Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
The Five, as the ruling syndicate is called, exerts unchecked financial and legal power over Earth's population.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Larger countries are again using their advantages in military force, economic leverage, and diplomacy to secure spheres of influence—that is, geographic areas over which a state exerts economic, military, and political control without necessarily exercising formal sovereignty.
—Monica Duffy Toft, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
And he is supported by a political dynasty that still exerts authority up and down the country.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 10 Sep. 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
At any season, weather exerts a strong influence on bass behavior.
—Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
The Five, as the ruling syndicate is called, exerts unchecked financial and legal power over Earth's population.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Larger countries are again using their advantages in military force, economic leverage, and diplomacy to secure spheres of influence—that is, geographic areas over which a state exerts economic, military, and political control without necessarily exercising formal sovereignty.
—Monica Duffy Toft, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
And he is supported by a political dynasty that still exerts authority up and down the country.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exerts
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The expiring boost, implemented in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act under former President Joe Biden, applies to 22 million of the 24 million low- and middle-income Americans with plans through the ACA marketplace.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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No, Spotify's Lossless Listening only applies to music streamed on the app, Spotify engineer John Cieslik-Bridgen told USA TODAY.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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At the WellChild Awards in London on Monday, May 8, Harry, 40, chatted with 13-year-old Grace Tutt, a Special Recognition winner who uses a wheelchair following a bus crash.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Macron still wields significant authority over foreign policy, European affairs, and the military as commander in chief of France's nuclear arsenal.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Mira wields a gokdo from the Goguryeo era, and Zoey possesses a shinkal from the Joseon era.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Exerts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exerts. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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