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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 governor exerts much control over education priorities through the state budget.
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Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Censure by the committee also exerts considerable moral pressure to resign.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The devastating, almost sadistic hold Ruben exerts over the mostly masochistic Niall is gripping — but hard — to watch.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
Empirical research on the relation between sources and journalists has often referred to the tango metaphor to ask who exerts greater influence in shaping the news.
—Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
The new data comes as the Iran war has strangled the global supply chain as Iran exerts its control over the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-third of global fertilizer shipments flowed before the war.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
In athletes, fat stored in muscle — predominantly in muscle fiber droplets — is an important energy reserve that the body taps into when a person exerts an extraordinary amount of energy.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
The 34 states suing Live Nation and Ticketmaster made one last push to convince the jurors that company — with its dominant position in ticketing, concert promotions, and venues — exerts outsized control compared to its competitors.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
Coming up today for Day Five of the mission, Orion officially enters the lunar sphere of influence—where the moon’s gravity exerts a stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth’s gravity does.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Censure by the committee also exerts considerable moral pressure to resign.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The devastating, almost sadistic hold Ruben exerts over the mostly masochistic Niall is gripping — but hard — to watch.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
Empirical research on the relation between sources and journalists has often referred to the tango metaphor to ask who exerts greater influence in shaping the news.
—Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
The new data comes as the Iran war has strangled the global supply chain as Iran exerts its control over the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-third of global fertilizer shipments flowed before the war.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
In athletes, fat stored in muscle — predominantly in muscle fiber droplets — is an important energy reserve that the body taps into when a person exerts an extraordinary amount of energy.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
The 34 states suing Live Nation and Ticketmaster made one last push to convince the jurors that company — with its dominant position in ticketing, concert promotions, and venues — exerts outsized control compared to its competitors.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
Coming up today for Day Five of the mission, Orion officially enters the lunar sphere of influence—where the moon’s gravity exerts a stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth’s gravity does.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exerts
Verb
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The ruling only applies to two companies and Washington state, but the decision could prompt more legal challenges.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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This article was generated by the CA Earthquake Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Under the terms of the compromise, companies could provide rewards when a customer actively uses stablecoin.—
Bloomberg,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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This approach usually uses estrogen alone or in combination with progesterone to stabilize hormone levels and reduce symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and vaginal dryness.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Communism wields big influence in countries such as China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba, where governments play a central role in providing goods and services.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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Committed to government stakes in companies Communism wields big influence in countries such as China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba, where governments play a central role in providing goods and services.—
Josh Boak,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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“Exerts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exerts. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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