exploit

Example Sentences

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While American rail companies possess advanced AI tools, foreign competitors are moving aggressively to exploit structural advantages.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It may be nearly too much to handle, but Antosca is from New Orleans and says he found it easy to exploit the Southern Gothic sensibilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

While Australia produced a number of bowler-friendly pitches, an England attack built to exploit the pace and bounce of more traditional Australian surfaces failed to take full advantage.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Magnets that exploit the properties of rare earths such as neodymium can overheat, making them lose their magnetism in high-tech, high-temperature settings such as vehicle engines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The early farmers of the Fertile Crescent and China were heirs to the technology that behaviorially modern Homo sapiens had been developing to exploit local resources in those areas for tens of thousands of years.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond