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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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This in turn can spur evolutionary genetic and metabolic investments that protect against, or repair, the damage life exerts on cells.
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Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
As the alluring but sinister garment exerts its influence, family bonds are tested, and reality itself is called into question.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Canucks’ blue line usage Hughes is Vancouver’s most impactful five-on-five engine, a player that dictates the pace of play and exerts a nearly unparalleled level of gravity over where the game is played.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
When the gene therapy is delivered to a particular brain region through minimally invasive surgery, a sufficiently strong magnetic field exerts enough force on the ferritin-trapped iron atoms to open or close the ion channel – switching the neuron ‘on’ or ‘off’.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2024
Halting plane production and delaying negotiations with striking workers exerts pressure on airlines and suppliers as well.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
The ring is temptation personified and that temptation that the ring exerts over you so exists through his force of personality and charisma.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Its sketchiness exerts a special pull on the imagination, so that what is missing often becomes more vivid and perfect and charged than the actual object itself.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
As the alluring but sinister garment exerts its influence, family bonds are tested, and reality itself is called into question.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Canucks’ blue line usage Hughes is Vancouver’s most impactful five-on-five engine, a player that dictates the pace of play and exerts a nearly unparalleled level of gravity over where the game is played.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
When the gene therapy is delivered to a particular brain region through minimally invasive surgery, a sufficiently strong magnetic field exerts enough force on the ferritin-trapped iron atoms to open or close the ion channel – switching the neuron ‘on’ or ‘off’.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2024
Halting plane production and delaying negotiations with striking workers exerts pressure on airlines and suppliers as well.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
The ring is temptation personified and that temptation that the ring exerts over you so exists through his force of personality and charisma.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Its sketchiness exerts a special pull on the imagination, so that what is missing often becomes more vivid and perfect and charged than the actual object itself.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Exerts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exerts. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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