Thesaurus results for EXERTS

exerts

verb

present tense third-person singular of exert

as in applies

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 exerts Hydrostatic pressure – the force water naturally exerts against the body – may also help reduce mild swelling in the legs and support healthy circulation during exercise. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Simply put, when one object exerts a force on another, the second one exerts an equal and opposite force in return. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 The killing of Manzo triggered massive street protests in Uruapan and dramatized how organized crime exerts widespread control in much of Mexico. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026 Such power, should Washington choose to use, exerts incredible leverage on the AI ecosystem. — Alex Capri, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Flow through the duct also exerts mechanical forces that align the proteins, which then assemble into a solid fiber. — Aliasger K. Salem, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026 But even as Vancouver has begun the painful process of revising its harm-reduction policies, the city still exerts a powerful hold on the imagination of liberal leaders in the United States. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 The entire operating system of a company exerts a gravitational pull toward the here and now. — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Although the Florida Bar continues to make recommendations, the governor exerts significant influence over those recommendations. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026

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The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning that applies to more than 1 million people in San Diego County, mostly across inland valleys, foothills and mountains where high temperatures will approach or exceed 95 to 114 degrees.

— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
The new minimum applies to more than 50 unsolved homicides and missing-person cases in tribal communities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

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The department said the policies encouraged schools to conceal from parents whether their child uses different pronouns and allowed schools to print a different name on diplomas without parental knowledge.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Your immune system needs iron to fight infections, and your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to other organs and tissues.

— Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

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But the reality of who wields influence in the waterway is more nuanced than either side is willing to admit.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
With heavy machinery in short supply, a volunteer worker wields a sledgehammer in the search of bodies at the complex.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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