exercise
Example Sentences
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The number-crunching exercise came as rising gas prices due to the Iran war, and the potential impact on consumer demand, take investors’ focus off AI adoption at retail chains.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Zadie Smith quit keeping a diary because the exercise made her feel phony and self-conscious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Noelia Castillo Ramos’s death wasn’t an exercise of freedom but a desperate response to its erosion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
In her school exercise book Marylyn Minett had been writing about the big events of the 1960s: a rocket launch, a volcano erupting and a shopping trip to Merthyr Tydfil with her auntie Pam.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
We did this repeating exercise over and over.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.