exacted
Example Sentences
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One result is the great financial sacrifice exacted on family members who do take on caregiving roles, not only while they fill this role but thereafter, as well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Well, there are numerous contemporaneous examples of reparation payments exacted by European states, so you tell me.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The report defines “forced labor” as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Again the golf course exacted demands that induced the Swede's crucial errors as he found water on the 11th and 12th holes.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
He acknowledged the high price exacted by the war in human death and suffering, and assured listeners he was eager to negotiate a settlement.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
