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as in practiced
to do over and over so as to become skilled
the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing
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as in used
to put into action or service
commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency
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as in bothered
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised
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Recent Examples of exercised
Zach LaVine’s agent says the Sacramento Kings player has exercised a $49 million player option for the 2026-27 NBA season, according to reporting by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.
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Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
The Hawks have already extended veteran guard CJ McCollum to a one-year deal and exercised the fourth-year team option of forward Mouhamed Gueye.
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Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
28 June 2026
One national survey of over 5,000 participants found that people who exercised in the morning tended to have a lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference as compared to midday and evening exercisers.
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Jenessa Connor,
Health,
26 June 2026
Third- and fourth-year rookie options for the 2027-28 season can also begin being exercised.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Performance increasingly hinges on the judgment exercised inside Monday-morning investment committees, not on the size of the funnel feeding them.
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Peter Doyle,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The 30 picks would earn a total of $843 million in playing salary over the next four seasons if all of their options were exercised.
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
These conflicts raged on through the pandemic, when the country was generally going insane, and in 2022, when President Joe Biden exercised his right to appoint a new chair, Rios took what was in effect a thankless cleanup job.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
That doesn’t include veteran Pat Connaughton, whose contract has a club option that must be exercised by June 29.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
The Hawks have already extended veteran guard CJ McCollum to a one-year deal and exercised the fourth-year team option of forward Mouhamed Gueye.
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Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
28 June 2026
One national survey of over 5,000 participants found that people who exercised in the morning tended to have a lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference as compared to midday and evening exercisers.
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Jenessa Connor,
Health,
26 June 2026
Third- and fourth-year rookie options for the 2027-28 season can also begin being exercised.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Performance increasingly hinges on the judgment exercised inside Monday-morning investment committees, not on the size of the funnel feeding them.
—
Peter Doyle,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The 30 picks would earn a total of $843 million in playing salary over the next four seasons if all of their options were exercised.
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
These conflicts raged on through the pandemic, when the country was generally going insane, and in 2022, when President Joe Biden exercised his right to appoint a new chair, Rios took what was in effect a thankless cleanup job.
—
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
That doesn’t include veteran Pat Connaughton, whose contract has a club option that must be exercised by June 29.
—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exercised
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The fiber lit up with this protein at the exact same spot where force was being exerted, suggesting that self-stabilization was occurring.
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Washington has exerted control over Venezuela's oil exports after a January military intervention that seized the country's then-president, Nicolas Maduro.
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The Algerian team practiced at KU’s Rock Chalk Park, home of Lie’s Jayhawks, while choosing the DoubleTree hotel as its headquarters.
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To listen at depth calls for two skills, both of which can be readily trained and repeatedly practiced.
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Since the launch of LineShine, the supercomputer has been used for applications ranging from climate modeling and engineering simulations to drug discovery, neuroscience and AI, the center said.
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The newer techniques, and the ones being used by the better clinics in Turkey, are FUE and DHI.
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Maybe Bill Plaschke would be aware of that, and give due credit, if his hometown major newspaper bothered to have a dedicated correspondent covering one of the city’s NBA teams.
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For all the breathless coverage devoted to celebrity engagements, weddings, and whirlwind divorces, some of Hollywood’s most enduring love stories involve couples who never bothered with the paperwork.
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Council members chose to open a public application to find her successor, and more than 110 people applied for the job.
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Adams and her dad applied pressure on the neck wound with beach towels.
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The Royals have utilized young starters such as Luinder Avila and Stephen Kolek to fill rotation spots.
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Factoring the maximum of three two-way contract slots into account when they are officially filled, that pushes the Hornets up to 19, leaving just two more spots that can be utilized in the offseason and heading into training camp.
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Those measures, however, have alarmed privacy advocates, who argue that age-gating the internet would affect all users — not just children.
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That’s alarmed the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents about 400 nurses and staff at two psychiatric hospitals in Sacramento.
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Social media has exploited this tendency, driving an algorithmic wedge into our society that the founders could hardly have imagined.
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The book is often about the ways in which wellness and self-care have become commodified and exploited — having to level up to buy things in order to feel good.
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“Exercised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exercised. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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