as in to exert
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Verb
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Yet the imposition of financial obstacles to limit access to care still exerts a powerful influence on healthcare policy in the U.S.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025 -
The country also exerts control over much of the mining and refining of critical minerals essential to the global economy and boasts some of the world’s most advanced infrastructure, including the largest high-speed rail network and cutting-edge 5G systems.—
Jude Blanchette,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Over the next 90 minutes, the pair exercised, lifted weights, and started to get on the same wavelength.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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His contract guarantees $7 million in 2025, and again each of the next two years if the Braves exercise their club options. 4.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Those who have stayed are overworked, Ducayet said.—
Jess Huff,
Austin American-Statesman,
27 Dec. 2024
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The department’s overtime costs have ballooned past $1 billion and officers have complained that they are overworked.—
Maria Cramer,
New York Times,
14 Dec. 2024
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One couple tried — unsuccessfully — to break through on bikes.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Siu believes the very nature of how indies are made encourages more personal and authentic representations of what their creators are trying to impart, unimpeded by the corporate expectations that often bog down AAA games.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Salmaan essays the lead role of Baskhar in Venky Atluri’s Lucky Baskhar.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Can essay readers really detect if someone used AI for an application?—
Brad Tuttle,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Apple's overall business was down 2% for the year, while Samsung eked out a modest 1% growth.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
14 Jan. 2025
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But what used to be one of the great set pieces of the sporting calendar is now spread as thinly as Marmite on a slice of toast, eking out what remains of the competition’s waning relevance across five days.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Overexert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexert. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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