exert
Example Sentences
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"Sound waves exert forces on particles -- just like waves on the surface of a pond can exert forces on a floating leaf," explains Morrell.
From Science Daily
At the same time, the dense gas in the LMC exerted strong pressure on the SMC's gas, effectively stripping away its rotation.
From Science Daily
It’s often difficult to tell when an investor is financing a firm’s caseload, much less whether they’re exerting influence on a case.
From Los Angeles Times
But this is not the full story of the purges, which have been driven by a leader exerting ever more control over the party and the country.
From BBC
This entails programs to promote standard Chinese as the national lingua franca, instill pride in Chinese cultural heritage and exert stronger central control over regions with large ethnic-minority populations such as Tibet and Xinjiang.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
