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exert

[ig-zurt] / ɪgˈzɜrt /


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The other reason that some investors intend to pass on the opportunity to invest in Musk's greatest adventure yet is their objection to the total control he will exert over the company.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Such particles may still exert a measurable influence on these decays over the small Standard Model contribution.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

It’s a subtler way to exert leverage over the world’s most important oil chokepoint, analysts at J.P.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

He ordered Aspen Dental to pay $2.3 million in penalties and restitution while also imposing new conditions to ensure the company doesn’t exert undue control over dental care at the practices it supports.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

To protect the home front, and exert control over it, Hitler created a homeland militia, the Volkssturm, or People’s Army.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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