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exerted
verb as in make use of
Example Sentences
The top of the DNC power structure has exerted pressure on Minnerly to dilute or withdraw her resolution, but she has refused to be intimidated.
In the assessment, the neighborhood was described as “a menace to this whole section,” noting “pressure is being exerted to confine the population and keep it from infiltrating into other districts.”
A Delaware judge has twice struck down a 2018 executive pay package that would have awarded Musk more than $55 billion in stock, arguing that Musk exerted unfair control over the negotiation process.
Granada Hills teammate Anthony Michael Leon told NBC News: “This is so shocking. I’m telling you, this was one of those kids who never exerted bad energy or a negative attitude.”
Freed from the tyrannical control that his father Murry had exerted over The Beach Boys’ direction as their manager, Wilson made a self-conscious stab at greatness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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