exert

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Nobody knows how many, but it doesn’t take too many for it to exert a lot of leverage.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

“It can exert heavy influence on market stability, quarter-end flows and short-term volatility for S&P 500.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026

The article said they were not deploying troops but pressure was building on them to do so as Tehran looks to exert greater sway over the region.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

"Sound waves exert forces on particles -- just like waves on the surface of a pond can exert forces on a floating leaf," explains Morrell.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, composers increasingly found that chords had a hierarchy, too: certain chords exert an influence over other chords.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall