exert
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Mark J. Lodato, dean of the Newhouse School, said Newhouse was “inquisitive but never imposing,” curious about the school but not attempting to exert influence over decisions there.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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
The unpleasant part of that trade-off is already happening here; most major U.S. airlines moved in April to increase baggage fees as the price of oil was beginning to exert itself on fares.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
A thing we cannot see can exert pressure, can frustrate my wish to fill a vessel with water if I were dumb enough to leave my finger on the neck.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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