as in playing (on or upon)
to take unfair advantage of
capitalized on her coworker's absence to take full credit for the joint project
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The town is now actively monitoring water use, using smart meters in some cases and on-the-ground enforcement in others.—
Jamie Leary,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026 -
These are lightweight, porous structures engineered using renewable resources and advanced nanotechnology.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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The differences were minimal, but Silver had told me that exploiting even the tiniest advantage was crucial.—
McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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The jury concluded the NFL violated antitrust law through its 32 teams pooling broadcasting rights for out-of-town fans and, supposedly, exploiting that pooling to charge higher prices.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Although this may change, as people who have acquired Irish citizenship but aren't Irish-born are abusing it, adding to the immigration woes in Britain.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The thought of giving a platform to someone abusing their staff is something to lose both my appetite and sleep over.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The executive explained that the benchmarks required to verify code simply haven’t caught up yet, which means companies leveraging AI may be flying by the seat of their pants by using AI to verify AI code, a potentially dangerous feedback loop.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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However, Hulu stays afloat by leveraging the vast library of former 21st Century Fox content that doesn't fit Disney+'s more family-friendly profile.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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One of her alternate personalities — the cold and calculating Samantha — joins law enforcement to pursue her father’s killers, while other identities begin to surface with their own motives, seducing and manipulating powerful men as Sylvia’s search for justice veers into vengeance.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Adrian Maclean, 52, of Lisbon was arrested twice in connection with an embezzlement scheme police say involved manipulating records in the Hebron Tax Collector’s Office, according to Connecticut State Police.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Capitalizing (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing%20%28on%29. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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