OVEREXERTED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

overexerted

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past tense of overexert

as in overworked

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By dominating the digital world, Silicon Valley has already exerted indirect control over the physical one.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
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

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The king’s role harkens back to a time when the monarch exercised supreme power and chose a prime minister to run the government.

— Jill Lawless, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Clinical judgment will continue to be exercised, just freed from the administrative burden that consumes most of the day.

— Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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This year, Hermes tried unsuccessfully to get lawmakers to take up his judicial reform cause, showing up in-person in the Statehouse to propose two pieces of legislation that died in House committees without receiving hearings.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
As bystanders began to arrive at the crash site, Garcia tried to take several cars, prosecutors said.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 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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