How to Use exploitation in a Sentence

exploitation

noun
  • The show is a study of exploitation at all levels that’s often painful to watch.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • In that sense, the 82nd Air Assault Brigade is an all-in-one assault and exploitation force.
    David Axe, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • The chimp from Nope vs. Cocaine Bear Gordy is strong, fast, and mad at hell at his exploitation.
    Vulture, 24 Feb. 2023
  • All of that for fifty quid a week… David and Defries were both equally guilty in this exploitation.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
  • And two, to ensure that at least one of the show’s subject matters isn’t present: exploitation.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • So that’s where a lot of the exploitation began, from my perspective.
    Felice León, Essence, 14 June 2023
  • The artists put out of work today will be replaced by many more in years to come, enabled by exploitation of this new tool.
    Rachel Shin, Fortune, 5 June 2023
  • But in some ways, her exploitation has only worsened in the decades since her passing.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
  • On the factory floor, time became a tool for the exploitation of workers.
    Fred Turner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Nowhere is this easier to see than in the exploitation and harming of women.
    Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • This means that the studios need writers to pursue copyrights and exploitation of such works.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Marcee Gray could face up to 20 years in jail related to the felony charge of elder exploitation, the newspaper said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024
  • In August, Sgt. Javed Richards had 13 counts of child exploitation and child pornography charges filed against him.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2024
  • On that song, Kendrick levied the claim that Drake’s relationship with Atlanta artists was one of exploitation.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
  • He was indicted along with two friends in a case that involved the exploitation of five teenagers and an adult with mental health problems.
    Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • In any industry, there could be exploitation and abuse.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
  • Their exploitation and misery is one of the most defining, yet overlooked narratives of the era of legal cannabis.
    Paige St. John and Marisa Gerber, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But workers who are more informed about the terms of their exploitation are still exploited.
    Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
  • That puts them at greater risk of trafficking and exploitation, experts say.
    Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 6 July 2023
  • It’s entitled to retain all revenue from the exploitation of these rights.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
  • To put it mildly, that gory, one-joke exploitation time-killer didn't cry out for a second installment.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Your work mines the exploitation of labor, of capital, of culture.
    WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • But Chazelle is trying to make a point with all the excess: that the joy of cinema has always gone hand in hand with exploitation, abuse, and off-screen villainy.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The company has also struggled to stem child exploitation on the platform.
    Shane Harris, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The Trust and Safety Council, in fact, had as one of its advisory groups one that focused on child exploitation.
    Barbara Ortutay, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • An Irish priest who spent time in Maryland, Patrick Smyth, castigated the priests who ran the plantations for their exploitation of slaves.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 June 2023
  • For so many victims of exploitation, recovery is a lifetime of work.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But for Cavalier, his art — and the industrial exploitation of it — was causing his dillemna in the first place.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
  • The Snorkel blends its straighter dramatic strands nicely with more blatant exploitation elements.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • This parental support was crucial for Ronan in an industry where young actors often face exploitation.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024

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