overexerted

verb

past tense of overexert
as in overworked

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  1. exerted
  2. exercised
  3. tried
  4. essayed
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  • Just about all of their artistry is exerted on the script, which deftly intercuts between the time frames, advancing their plots in episodes that, though tersely dramatic, are superficial in their efficiency.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The effects of these publications were hardly only theoretical, as Italian anarchists exerted a powerful influence on labor strikes.
    — Ed Simon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • The poll, conducted by Savanta for AI meeting assistant company Bluedot, also found that 23% have used the restroom during a meeting with their cameras off, 14% have shopped online and 13% have exercised.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The group that took creatine and dieted and exercised got even better strength and cognitive results — plus a reduction in body fat percentage.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of exercised
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  • Prosecutors had argued that Sierra initially tried to cover up the crimes but was ultimately linked to them through DNA evidence.
    — CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In short, Kroger tried hard and was thwarted by the regulators.
    — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of tried
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  • Larger collaboration, now being essayed by film industries as established as France and the Nordic States, is the bigger major way Africa’s film industries can also go.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 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
Definition of essayed
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