EXPLOITING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

exploiting

verb

present participle of exploit

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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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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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 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 Letting GaN balance its own charge Researchers at EPFL’s POWERlab tackled the problem by exploiting something GaN naturally does. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 The thing that Gena is so brilliant at is exploiting the human voice, and the frailties of the voice and the strengths and the vulnerabilities. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026 Far from being a theoretical threat, at least one active attack is already exploiting the mixup. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 The other problem is that hackers are exploiting AI to uncover new software vulnerabilities and infiltrate networks at a superhuman rate. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 As war fatigue deepens, politicians are increasingly exploiting anti-refugee sentiment for political gain. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Fortune was one of the first to report on OpenAI’s disclosure that its models broke away from human control and attacked Hugging Face by exploiting a security vulnerability. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Hockey players in the NHL are too good at probing their opponents for weakness and ruthlessly exploiting it. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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Operators can also continue using diesel when hydrogen supplies are unavailable.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Razorbill brings that experience to one of the industry's most recognizable blade profiles, using extensive CNC machining to make geometry itself part of both the product's performance and its appearance.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026

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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 people in the crosshairs The most drastic shifts impact those who plan to stay in Japan for the longest – those applying for permanent residency, a status that grants rights to work, unlimited entries, and infinite stay.

— Christine Miyawaki, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
In a normal Transformer, tokens—the units of information that large language models process—are passed from lower layers of a model’s neural network to higher layers sequentially, with each layer applying mathematical operations in turn.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of applying

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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

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