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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 exerts
Although the Florida Bar continues to make recommendations, the governor exerts significant influence over those recommendations.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Viewed from a distance, the pressure AI exerts on human artists appears as part of an evolutionary process that far predates its own invention.
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Tim Brinkhof,
Time,
26 June 2026
At least until the physical world exerts itself on her show.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
8 June 2026
Musk owns around 42% of the total equity, but Musk exerts 85% control courtesy of his overwhelming ownership of the B’s.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
One is a compass-like mechanism, whereby the Earth exerts a pull on magnetic particles in a bird’s upper beak that relays directional information via a large nerve in the cranium.
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ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
No effort is made to explain how the alien sphere exerts its power, and the book’s core theme, in the end, is the limit of human understanding.
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Ian MacKenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
Like seawater, ice exerts pressure on the Earth’s crust, suppressing volcanic activity.
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Quanta Magazine,
26 May 2026
Mechanism of action Cisplatin exerts its effects by interacting directly with DNA.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Viewed from a distance, the pressure AI exerts on human artists appears as part of an evolutionary process that far predates its own invention.
—
Tim Brinkhof,
Time,
26 June 2026
At least until the physical world exerts itself on her show.
—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
8 June 2026
Musk owns around 42% of the total equity, but Musk exerts 85% control courtesy of his overwhelming ownership of the B’s.
—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
One is a compass-like mechanism, whereby the Earth exerts a pull on magnetic particles in a bird’s upper beak that relays directional information via a large nerve in the cranium.
—
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
No effort is made to explain how the alien sphere exerts its power, and the book’s core theme, in the end, is the limit of human understanding.
—
Ian MacKenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
Like seawater, ice exerts pressure on the Earth’s crust, suppressing volcanic activity.
—
Quanta Magazine,
26 May 2026
Mechanism of action Cisplatin exerts its effects by interacting directly with DNA.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exerts
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West Virginia’s ban also applies at every level of competition, but only from middle school through college.
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The same process applies for minors if all living parents agree to the name change.
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Summer uses a family trip to a Caribbean resort to cause chaos and sabotage the relationship.
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Unlike conventional ion traps that rely on oscillating radio-frequency fields, the Penning trap uses static electric and magnetic fields.
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These days, the cast of the Harry Potter films wields more diapers than magic wands.
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Dickey wields Rosemary’s pack-a-day-for-half-a-century smoker’s cough with glee, and K Callan, who plays the mayor’s elderly secretary and turned 90 in January, gives a devastating monologue in the season finale.
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