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as in used
to take unfair advantage of
the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him
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as in manipulated
to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means
a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain
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as in utilized
to put into action or service
it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest
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Recent Examples of exploited
Much more damning, however, was the manner in which Wrexham’s shortcomings were brutally exploited during what proved to be the club’s biggest home loss since Gateshead ran riot to triumph 7-2 at The Racecourse Ground in 2011.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Nevertheless, rumors about Altman’s personal life have been exploited and distorted by competitors.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Unlike banks or vaults, they are designed to be open, accessible and inviting to the public—an environment that can also be exploited by criminals.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Other social welfare programs have safety valves to protect weak, incapacitated or disabled clients from being exploited by people in power.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Regardless of their work ethic, intellect and creativity, capital has always exploited them but never been willing to partner with them.
—Jacob Walthour, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
The Sunni-Shia divide has helped fuel conflicts in Muslim countries over the past 50 years, with tension often exploited by Iran and Saudi Arabia.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
This property is driven by a phenomenon known as plasmonics, where light interacting with a material generates collective oscillations of electrons, producing highly localized electromagnetic fields that can be exploited in technologies such as sensing, catalysis, and energy harvesting.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Those two nations – often at the invitation of Iran’s leaders – economically exploited Persia to further their own imperial ambitions, using sustained diplomatic, military and economic pressure.
—Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Nevertheless, rumors about Altman’s personal life have been exploited and distorted by competitors.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Unlike banks or vaults, they are designed to be open, accessible and inviting to the public—an environment that can also be exploited by criminals.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Other social welfare programs have safety valves to protect weak, incapacitated or disabled clients from being exploited by people in power.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Regardless of their work ethic, intellect and creativity, capital has always exploited them but never been willing to partner with them.
—Jacob Walthour, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
The Sunni-Shia divide has helped fuel conflicts in Muslim countries over the past 50 years, with tension often exploited by Iran and Saudi Arabia.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
This property is driven by a phenomenon known as plasmonics, where light interacting with a material generates collective oscillations of electrons, producing highly localized electromagnetic fields that can be exploited in technologies such as sensing, catalysis, and energy harvesting.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Those two nations – often at the invitation of Iran’s leaders – economically exploited Persia to further their own imperial ambitions, using sustained diplomatic, military and economic pressure.
—Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploited
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With Brooklyn’s injury list still swallowing half the rotation and the draft lottery picture tightening by the day, Liddell used Tuesday night as a personal argument.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The lawsuit claims that Missouri lawmakers used no rational basis to categorize which counties qualified for a 5% cap, a freeze or neither.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, advanced signal-processing techniques can help identify whether messages are genuinely coming from different sources or are being manipulated by a single malicious actor.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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During this time, Duggar manipulated the victim’s underwear and grazed her genitals.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Bain would likely struggle in a 3-4 scheme, but would best be utilized in a wide-9 scheme, which Miami could potentially run.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Next Gen Road Safety Act will help close the gap between what technology is available and what technology is actually utilized, with an ultimate goal of reducing pursuit crashes, injuries and deaths, according to Friedman.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Kaley denied being abused or neglected, though Meta’s attorneys did show some Instagram posts about her mother screaming at her.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Leah Juliett, also a survivor, still remembers the scarlet lockers at Wolcott High School where she was abused.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
8 Apr. 2026
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As it’s applied today, the law allows trial attorneys to prey on the state’s small and mid-sized businesses — filing frivolous, costly lawsuits over even the most minor violation of California’s complex labor code.—
Tom Manzo,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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Ramos is eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and applied, but the program remains halted for new applicants after a yearlong battle in court that challenges the program.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, Middle East funds have leveraged their trillion-dollar valuations to take stakes in a range of sports, media and tech properties.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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Hackers have already leveraged Anthropic’s tools to enable more sophisticated and autonomous attacks.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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She’s employed at West Virginia’s federally funded Head Start program for low-income children and her husband is a postal worker.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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But the department's Federal Student Aid Handbook does not include that restriction for students employed by schools for on-campus work.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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Led by Taiki Ishiyama, PhD, a physicist at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Science in Japan, the project harnessed a rare orbital transition in atoms, which was long considered promising but too difficult to measure with high precision.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Amanda Fischer, former Securities and Exchange Commission chief of staff who is now the policy director at advocacy group Better Markets, said prediction market sites Kalshi and Polymarket are increasingly becoming mainstream by using the playbook harnessed by the cryptocurrency industry.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2026
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