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as in exerting
to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively
a senator who consistently exercises his clout in Congress to get pork barrel projects for his state
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as in practicing
to do over and over so as to become skilled
the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing
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as in using
to put into action or service
commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency
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as in bothering
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised
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Recent Examples of exercising
Darrois revealed that, on his first day in jail, the ex-president dedicated some time to exercising, as well as starting to write his book.
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Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
These tights fit like leggings and offer a supportive design to stay comfortable while exercising.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
In Colorado, Christian proprietors have been repeatedly targeted for exercising their free exercise of religion.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Courtesy brainHQ Regularly exercising your body can help keep you physically healthy, and routinely flexing your cognitive muscles can boost brain health, Pauldurai said.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Federal agencies insist this is about security, yet no other functioning democracy on Earth feels the need to deploy such force against citizens exercising their rights of free speech and peaceful protest.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The same applies to any woman exercising, whether that be recreationally or at the highest level.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The court noted that about half of states have laws shielding a person exercising lawful self-defense from criminal liability for the death of an innocent bystander.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Lifestyle changes like exercising, taking calcium and vitamin D supplements, stopping smoking and drinking only moderately will help, but aren’t sufficient to stop or reverse bone loss, Colon-Emeric said.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
These tights fit like leggings and offer a supportive design to stay comfortable while exercising.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
In Colorado, Christian proprietors have been repeatedly targeted for exercising their free exercise of religion.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Courtesy brainHQ Regularly exercising your body can help keep you physically healthy, and routinely flexing your cognitive muscles can boost brain health, Pauldurai said.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Federal agencies insist this is about security, yet no other functioning democracy on Earth feels the need to deploy such force against citizens exercising their rights of free speech and peaceful protest.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The same applies to any woman exercising, whether that be recreationally or at the highest level.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The court noted that about half of states have laws shielding a person exercising lawful self-defense from criminal liability for the death of an innocent bystander.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Lifestyle changes like exercising, taking calcium and vitamin D supplements, stopping smoking and drinking only moderately will help, but aren’t sufficient to stop or reverse bone loss, Colon-Emeric said.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exercising
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As Moscow extended soft power abroad, the regime grew more concerned about other countries exerting it within Russia.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Beijing has long criticized Washington for exerting control beyond its borders through export rules that bar third-country companies from supplying China with chips made using American technology.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Since spring, Kansas has replayed those closing moments on the video board when practicing late-game situations.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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The town, about 25 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, Florida, is home to mediums, psychics and healers, many practicing out of their homes.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Commercial company HawkEye 360 collects and processes radio frequency data from its constellation of satellites using advanced algorithms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The share of customers using delivery specifically, as opposed to picking up takeout or going to a drive-through, more than doubled from 2019 to 2024.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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Saft, not bothering to remove his sneakers, leaped onto a chair to place an ornate gold mirror over the mantelpiece.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Talk through what’s bothering you to gain a compassionate perspective.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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But of course, applying it to humanity is far more fraught.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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This year, to celebrate 40 years of Jordan Brand and the Air Jordan 1, the brand went even further, applying a meticulous makeover to the already refined silhouette.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Here's how to take the survey Taylor Advising released a new survey for the community, officers, and department staff utilizing the platform Survey Monkey.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
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Karbler notes that Bigelow resisted that depiction for fear of distracting from the emotional moment.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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Surprisingly, the injury helped him in this regard by distracting him from overanalyzing his game.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The narrative of the obscenely rich exploiting every link in the chain to amass more wealth — at the expense of shareholders, government banks and the people of India — was the old story.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Yet even these entities will adapt, either by exploiting visa loopholes, relying more heavily on student-to-H-1B conversions, or shifting toward the L-1 visa category, which remains unaffected by the new fee.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Exercising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exercising. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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