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as in using
to take unfair advantage of
the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him
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as in manipulating
to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means
a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain
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as in utilizing
to put into action or service
it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest
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Recent Examples of exploiting
But the recent action on Anthropic, as well as asking OpenAI to limit its own newest model, comes after experts have fretted for months that Mythos could pose a security risk by giving hackers and other bad actors access to AI capable of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities exceptionally quickly.
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Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The 2018 games in Russia similarly came under fire for accusations of bribery and exploiting workers.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Instead of measuring the missile’s radar cross-section, the system estimated the percentage of the flight during which the missile would remain screened from enemy sensors by exploiting terrain masking and low-altitude flight.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
Russia and China are using lawfare—strategically and intentionally exploiting gaps in international law—to thwart law-abiding states’ attempts to stop the shadow fleet.
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Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Some of the world's richest people have been accused of exploiting the strategy.
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Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
Carone and three others, including his brother, are accused of exploiting New York City's migrant crisis for profit between June 2022 and December 2023, according to the indictment.
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Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
This behavioral profile becomes a roadmap for either serving your interests—finding genuine savings and filtering out manipulative offers—or exploiting your patterns for maximum extraction.
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Ravi Dhar,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Daniel Emilio Rodriguez, 35, of Sanford, recorded himself raping, molesting and exploiting the girl over the course of two years and also masturbated in front of her and a 10-year-old male relative, prosecutors say.
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Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The 2018 games in Russia similarly came under fire for accusations of bribery and exploiting workers.
—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Instead of measuring the missile’s radar cross-section, the system estimated the percentage of the flight during which the missile would remain screened from enemy sensors by exploiting terrain masking and low-altitude flight.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
Russia and China are using lawfare—strategically and intentionally exploiting gaps in international law—to thwart law-abiding states’ attempts to stop the shadow fleet.
—
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Some of the world's richest people have been accused of exploiting the strategy.
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Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
Carone and three others, including his brother, are accused of exploiting New York City's migrant crisis for profit between June 2022 and December 2023, according to the indictment.
—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
This behavioral profile becomes a roadmap for either serving your interests—finding genuine savings and filtering out manipulative offers—or exploiting your patterns for maximum extraction.
—
Ravi Dhar,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Daniel Emilio Rodriguez, 35, of Sanford, recorded himself raping, molesting and exploiting the girl over the course of two years and also masturbated in front of her and a 10-year-old male relative, prosecutors say.
—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploiting
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In court documents, O’Hara alleged the defendants violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, accusing them of unlawfully restricting free speech and initiating an unlawful seizure while using excessive force.
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This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.
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But Swedish intelligence recently alleged the country was manipulating economic data and that the true inflation rate could be much higher, perhaps as high as 15%.
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Fears of government officials manipulating world events – including the Iran war – to make a quick buck.
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The next day, a team from Chile, utilizing radar and sonar sound-detection equipment, confirmed the presence of Gil, still alive, in the sub-basement.
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The corporate leadership stated that utilizing additive manufacturing allows the organization to reduce the standard timelines required to bring new power generation designs to the commercial marketplace.
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Witt claimed that Golubski — who in 2024 faced trial for allegations including terrorizing and abusing Black women in KCK for decades before killing himself the day it was scheduled to begin — also abused her late cousin, Elaine Greene.
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The parents are also accused of abusing their 5-year-old daughter, who is also morbidly overweight, according to the complaint.
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Normally, credit bureaus tally any credit checks within a 45-day period as one credit check, and your credit score shouldn't go down more than several points when applying to multiple lenders.
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Madonna divorced from Guy Ritchie in 2008, before applying to adopt Mercy, and her adoption application was initially rejected by the courts.
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Without a doubt, with rising memory and chip prices, healthcare organizations that are increasingly leveraging the best of AI applications will face significant cost and infrastructure decisions.
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Burdette, leveraging his brother’s connections with college athletes, and his natural inclination to bring the party, had recruited agents who were younger and more fun than Pughsley’s original crowd.
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The case garnered national interest because Oregon's new law targets the loopholes large staffing firms have been employing to circumvent state corporate medicine laws.
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The metaphor of a ‘wall of separation’ At the same time, religious reformers were employing concepts of walls, hedges or other barriers to ensure that the secular and religious realms remained apart.
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But AfD has long become adept at harnessing discontent with issues well beyond its signature theme of curbing migration, which powered its rise in the mid-2010s.
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Two GB10s leverage a software technology called tensor parallelism to split, or shard, an AI model across both machines, harnessing them as a team to share the load and deliver results.
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