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exploitation

[ek-sploi-tey-shuhn] / ˌɛk splɔɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
taking advantage
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It’s sure to be another captivating, completely irksome and bleak look into animal welfare exploitation that will, hopefully, prompt action.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Karl Marx developed a materialist version of the story: New technologies inevitably created new forms of class exploitation, all pointing to the inevitability of communism.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The event’s mission is buried while its exploitation continues to be valuable currency.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Several US states have passed laws prohibiting such use, though many apply primarily to malicious or commercial exploitation.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

It was the first appearance of Lawrence’s method for building the world’s first great Big Science laboratory: the remorseless exploitation of cheap graduate-student labor, a resource he would soon have in surfeit.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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