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exercise

[ek-ser-sahyz] / ˈɛk sərˌsaɪz /






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"Authorities must allow young people to exercise these rights without fear of being hit by tear gas grenades or batons, or being arbitrarily taken into police custody," said Amnesty France president Anne Savinel-Barras.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The Election Commission says the exercise is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

HMS Agamemnon departed its construction home at BAE systems in Barrow last week and went through its first dive at sea in the Navy's Inner Hebrides exercise areas en-route.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Originalism disciplines the decision-making process, but it doesn’t eliminate the need for judges to exercise judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

So every morning, Brightbill led his family on flights across the island to exercise their muscles and their minds.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Many people can begin at home using body weight exercises, then gradually increase the difficulty as their strength improves.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

That said, exercises that target grip strength specifically aren’t useless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Civil rights groups and democracy-defending organizations have staged their own tabletop exercises brainstorming and rehearsing various scenarios.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Investors have learned that military exercises usually end without disrupting commerce.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Figure 1.14 gives more exercises to help you memorize whichever clef you are learning.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

He relied on care packages sent by family and friends, exercised, meditated and kept journals that he later used to write his book.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

In response to questions, Damen shared a press release that said it “has always acted in accordance with the applicable sanctions packages and that full transparency has been exercised about its activities.”

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

"We are definitely no longer in that space - the strategic reserve is a real commitment for those who are in it, and they will be exercised as part of our exercise programme next year."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Volatility is a key component in the pricing of options, as it determines how likely an option will be exercised, depending on the time to expiration.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

Even the earliest Mesopotamian states exercised centralized control of their economies.

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

“Rather than exercising discretion, they’re going to exercise enforcement,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

As for the residual costs of exercising her right to offend back in 2017, Griffin confirmed that some of her shows still draw protesters.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Before exercising, the participants had gone without food for at least 10 hours.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

"A one-size-fits-all model of 'you should be exercising this way in this phase and a different way in a different phase' shouldn't be advice that applies to all women," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

It was this obscure need that had pulled me into the labor movement in the beginning and by exercising it I was but fulfilling what I felt to be the laws of my own growth.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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