- present participle of exploit.
exploiting
Example Sentences
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On Friday, Sánchez accused migrant traffickers of exploiting a decision recently made by the country's supreme court which constrained the government's right to immediately deport people who had arrived by sea.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Nonetheless, Claude used "basic techniques, such as exploiting weak passwords and unauthenticated endpoints," the blog continued.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
“The systems in each voting location are not connected to the Internet or to each other, and many methods for exploiting them rely on physical proximity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Whether the genre is romantasy or autofiction, making up stories often demands making up stories about real people — exploiting them — to serve a narrative purpose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He watched the class like a hawk, suspicious, searching out cheaters or daydreamers, probing for weaknesses in the students and then exploiting those weaknesses.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
