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exploiting

verb

present participle of exploit
1
as in using
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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2
as in manipulating
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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3
as in utilizing
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 exploiting Some critics say the groups are exploiting loopholes and, in their view, violating the law. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026 Europol said criminals are exploiting images and audio to create and edit propaganda, including through deepfakes, memes and GIFs. — Lorne Cook, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 There’s no public information about who is exploiting them or how broadly. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026 Fortunately for him, early on, Tiafoe didn’t come close to exploiting that shortcoming Tuesday. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Ahead of the talks, Russia had ramped up its attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with relentless bombardments, exploiting Ukraine’s shortage of air defense systems. — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026 Teachers and students are struggling to parse the difference between deploying AI effectively and exploiting the technology to cheat. — Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026 But exploiting it to make your very ordinary movie feel more important? — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026 Others have been accused of exploiting the relatively affordable policies to acquire residency by creating shell companies, prompting calls to plug loopholes. — Christine Miyawaki, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploiting
  1. using
  2. manipulating
  3. utilizing
  4. abusing
  5. applying
  6. leveraging
  7. employing
  8. harnessing
Verb
  • Maybe my argument was so strong, the AI would realize that its tech overlords were using this insanely powerful technology not to solve hunger or climate change, but to make reading less essential.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Leaders on this path are using AI to increase the capabilities of their marketing teams and expand what talented people can accomplish.
    — George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of using
Verb
  • Last Wednesday, Meta reached a settlement with the attorneys general of forty-seven states, who had sued it for illegally manipulating the attention of children.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The experiment, therefore, suggests that empty space itself could become a new tool for manipulating quantum matter, much like other efforts to push the limits of superconducting materials.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulating
Verb
  • With the speedy Keaschall on third base, Kyle Finnegan on the mound and Detroit utilizing a five-man infield, the Twins simply needed a fly ball from Kody Clemens.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • As foundation models have matured over the last few years, the sophistication of the creators utilizing them has grown as well.
    — Coco Mao, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of utilizing
Verb
  • A day after the website went live on July 22, Gupta says people called him from unknown numbers, verbally abusing him and threatening him with violence.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The backlash intensified after reports of immigration authorities accessing Flock data, officers abusing the network to stalk women, and misreads that led to innocent people held at gunpoint.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of abusing
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  • The billionaire chairman and CEO of WorldQuant has been a pioneer in applying AI and other technologies to vast collections of data, looking to build predictive models from historical information.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The tradeoff is that applying for the new card will typically result in a hard inquiry, which may cause a small, but temporary, credit score decline.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of applying
Verb
  • The Washington Post reported last month that authorities have charged or accused at least 50 law enforcement officers of leveraging ALPRs without authorization, sometimes using the software to stalk women.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The new propulsion solution is supported by Kongsberg Maritime’s global service organisation, leveraging extensive experience from the company’s existing large scale thruster portfolio to ensure reliable lifecycle support worldwide.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of leveraging
Verb
  • The aircraft’s multi-role design also gives commanders greater flexibility in employing it for different missions rather than limiting it to the traditional air-superiority role associated with earlier Eagle variants.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Almost all of the gains came from big business, with companies employing 500 or more workers adding 34,000 while those with fewer than 50 employees rose by 3,000.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of employing
Verb
  • This can lead to nitpicking as opposed to harnessing important details that can lead to practical solutions.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The guiding principle was to support the talent that large publishers were harnessing, and give those creators the same advocacy that the rest of the entertainment industry always had at CAA.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of harnessing

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