OVEREXERTED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

overexerted

verb

past tense of overexert

as in overworked

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Texas Tech parted ways with the quarterback after other Big 12 teams exerted pressure on the Red Raiders, who had cleared Sorsby despite a betting scandal that included wagering on his own team at Indiana.

— Cal Phillips Updated July 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
Beijing has exerted greater institutional control in Tibet since Xi Jinping became the country's president in 2012.

— Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of exerted

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His Damien is a Master of the Universe with an understanding of how power is exercised.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2026
But the Paris court rejected that argument and ruled that neither Vincent Bolloré nor Bolloré SE had directly or indirectly held an absolute majority of voting rights exercised at Vivendi shareholder meetings.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 July 2026

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After the earthquakes hit, Núñez tried to contact authorities – only to receive no helpful information.

— Susana Erazo, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Scientists have tried everything from high-tech light-bending optics to transparent plastics and hyper-realistic camouflage.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

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There is a secondary love affair being essayed here beyond the one with Robert Smith, and Rodrigo did a fairly effective job in pre-release commentary of explaining how, thematically, this would be a two-part album.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 12 June 2026
After netting a Golden Globe nomination for her film debut in 1978's Corvette Summer, Annie Potts joined the cast of Ghostbusters, played the ultimate Cool Girl record store clerk in Pretty in Pink (1986), and essayed her most iconic role as barbed single-mother Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026

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