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Recent Examples of exert
This included dispatching his pick for special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to exert pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with the deal.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Post-wildfire landslides can exert great loads on objects in their paths, strip vegetation, block drainage ways, damage structures and endanger human life, according to the USGS.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Dark matter should be all around us, exerting tiny effects on normal matter, but searches have come up empty so far.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2025
Editors’ Picks Others, however, argued that interest rates were still high enough to exert downward pressure on economic growth at a time when the labor market, though still strong, was beginning to show cracks.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Post-wildfire landslides can exert great loads on objects in their paths, strip vegetation, block drainage ways, damage structures and endanger human life, according to the USGS.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Dark matter should be all around us, exerting tiny effects on normal matter, but searches have come up empty so far.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2025
Editors’ Picks Others, however, argued that interest rates were still high enough to exert downward pressure on economic growth at a time when the labor market, though still strong, was beginning to show cracks.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exert
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The 30% promo also applies to Mexico City and Cancún, The carrier transported more than 1.2 million passengers in 2024 and expects that to increase to 1.7 million in 2025.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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Also, keep in mind that rock salt is more likely to damage plants when it’s applied in late winter. 4.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, runway photography will also be taken on iPhones, as will close-ups using the telephoto capabilities.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
19 Jan. 2025
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Some influencers rebounded by using other social media options, primarily Instagram.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
19 Jan. 2025
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Still, the director wields significant authority over the $100 billion intelligence budget and oversees what makes it into the President’s Daily Brief.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2025
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While posing as a child, the caller told police that their father was armed with a handgun and was wielding it inside their home, according to prosecutors.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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Because the area was littered with munitions and explosives from World War II, researchers employed the country’s Army Mine Action Service to safely excavate the area.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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Over the years, scammers have learned and employed increasingly sophisticated tactics to make people more vulnerable through and urgency.—
Thomas Westerholm,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Exert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exert. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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