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exploitative

[ik-sploi-tuh-tiv] / ɪkˈsplɔɪ tə tɪv /




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At Yale, he called animal agriculture “a horrific, exploitative industry.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

"The extractive industry is often exploitative and prone to gross human rights abuses that must be monitored and enforced," Julius Ogogoh, the director of the lobby group, told AFP.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

"The tactics of these groups consistently grow more and more exploitative," she wrote in an email to the OnlyFans support team in 2024, seen by the BBC.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

“It’s exploitative and frankly disrespectful and infuriating that that is kind of a last-ditch effort to suggest to my community ... that they’ve been wrong the whole time,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

There was no exploitative question asked, no especially revealing detail offered.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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