PLAYING (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 24 Similar Words

playing (on or upon)

verb

present participle of play (on or upon)

as in imposing (on or upon)

to take unfair advantage of the candidate played on the voters' prejudices

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This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 15, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
For more information on how the Star-Telegram and McClatchy newsrooms are using AI, go here.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

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Every improvement in surveillance capability encourages new methods of avoidance, whether through disabling tracking devices, manipulating vessel identities, or exploiting gaps between different monitoring systems.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026
Based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Amuse Labs is a digital animation studio and production company focused on creating, producing and internationally exploiting children’s content for broadcasters and digital platforms.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 16 July 2026

Definition of exploiting

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The technology name can continue to gain ground through AI by leveraging the upcoming overhaul of its Apple Intelligence, or its personal AI for iPad, Mac and iPhone users, according to HSBC.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Two communities leveraging a regional lens to build solutions on their own terms.

— Matt Gandal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of leveraging

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The company has repeatedly denied manipulating election results and says its technology contains safeguards designed to detect irregularities.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
The film sees the Laestrygonians reimagined as gargantuan armored knights who trap Odysseus’s men in cages formed by manipulating the forest woods, destroying two of his three ships in the process.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 July 2026

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