Thesaurus results for EXERTING

exerting

verb

present participle of exert

as in applying

to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively parental involvement has consistently been shown to exert the most influence over a child's success in school

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Recent Examples of exerting Italy’s national anti-mafia prosecutor, Giovanni Melillo, said the seizures form part of a broader effort to dismantle the Sicilian Mafia’s economic infrastructure and prevent it from rebuilding criminal networks capable of exerting global financial and social influence, including intimidation. —

ABC News, 28 May 2026 Trump has been exerting growing pressure on Mexico, with questions looming over issues including human rights, national sovereignty and regional diplomacy. —

Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026 By exerting state control over key industries, Indonesia is trying to diversify its investors, according to Yudhistira. —

Edna Tarigan, Fortune, 26 May 2026 Industry groups, meanwhile, are quashing proposals for higher taxes or stricter regulation by exerting pressure on lawmakers and cozying up to power players in the worlds of philanthropy, medicine, and science. —

Lev Facher, STAT, 12 May 2026 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that the leader is lucid and exerting total control over the country that his office commands. —

Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026 For years the owner, now 66, has watched tape, done his own player evaluations and sent observations and suggestions to DeCosta, mostly about players who might be available in later rounds — without exerting any actual decision-making power. —

Michael Silver, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 By exerting more control, America becomes more like China in the very race to beat it. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 The researchers found that months after returning to Earth from space, astronauts had trouble exerting the correct amount of force to properly grip an object. —

Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2026

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Ohio’s exemption is fairly broad, applying not only to construction materials, but to the expensive equipment — such as server racks and cooling systems — used in data centers.

— Marc Levy, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Travelers who have spent the past several years scrutinizing where their food, clothing and home goods come from are now applying the same questions to their vacation memorabilia.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026