Thesaurus results for EXERTED

exerted

verb

past tense of exert

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to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively parental involvement has consistently been shown to exert the most influence over a child's success in school

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Recent Examples of exerted 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 The military has exerted pressure on those outside the country through their passports. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026 In short, the system of high-budget television production exerted mighty pressures on Dunham and on the show, a little for better but mostly for worse. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Still, Judge already exerted control by avoiding a rehab assignment; a club, according to the collective bargaining agreement, can not impose one on a player without his consent. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Morgan was at the center of a web of banks and industrial enterprises that exerted unprecedented control over the country’s commerce. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Will challenges often allege that someone exerted undue influence over the testator or that the testator had diminished mental capacity. — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 However, their relationship was rocky, with Mica’s friends and family alleging that John-Paul exerted coercive control over her in Death of the Pastor’s Wife. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026 Many lived in company towns, where coal operators owned their homes and stores and ultimately exerted enormous control over their daily lives. — Katie Angell Britannica Editors Aug. 27, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

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Fundora found room for uppercuts inside and applied pressure through the middle rounds before delivering the decisive left in the final second.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
It must now be applied to those making products that could shape the future of humanity itself.

— Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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The attacker used a pump-action shotgun bought by his mother, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the shooting.

— HAVEN DALEY, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
The shooter used a pump-action shotgun in yesterday's shooting, two law enforcement officials briefed on the case told NBC News.

— Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

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