How to Use exploitation in a Sentence

exploitation

noun
  • Still, the stunts—then as now—reek of exploitation, and the victims are those least equipped to resist.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • There would have been a Covid exploitation movie in two minutes in the Sixties.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • But is there a point where the search for a compelling sports narrative becomes a form of exploitation?
    Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 6 July 2022
  • There is a path forward to turn the page on this culture of exploitation and abuse, Stiklorius concludes in the op-ed.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Nowhere is this easier to see than in the exploitation and harming of women.
    Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The nature of that exploitation is a surprise best left unspoiled.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
  • It’s about exploitation, about handling your business and not putting all of your work in someone else’s hands.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 14 June 2022
  • 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
  • And that exploitation process can also be automated with the help of AI.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Dec. 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
  • Robinson plans to form a team of deputy prosecutors to tackle human trafficking and child exploitation cases and the trafficking of narcotics.
    Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The fact that the former is produced by way of the technology that relies on the exploitation of the latter makes this dynamic existentially unbearable.
    Akilah Sailers, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024

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