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exert

[ig-zurt] / ɪgˈzɜrt /


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Mark J. Lodato, dean of the Newhouse School, said Newhouse was “inquisitive but never imposing,” curious about the school but not attempting to exert influence over decisions there.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Such particles may still exert a measurable influence on these decays over the small Standard Model contribution.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

It’s a subtler way to exert leverage over the world’s most important oil chokepoint, analysts at J.P.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

For years, China has sought to exert influence abroad through a "vast bureaucracy and network" of resources, people and funding, said Lyle Morris, a senior fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Ethiopia, he thought, would be the first place he could truly exert his faith.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley




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