exert

Example Sentences

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Determined to exert power and raise its profile, Local 99 went on strike against L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

A key issue will be the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway into the Gulf through which one-fifth of the world's oil transits -- and where Iran has demonstrated it can exert key leverage.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

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

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The White House certainly views space as another arena for the US to exert its dominance.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

But fortunately, the commercial tells us, we workers can exert the same kind of authority over our painkillers that our bosses exert over us.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich