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exploit

[ek-sploit, ik-sploit] / ˈɛk splɔɪt, ɪkˈsplɔɪt /




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Cancer cells may exploit this survival mechanism, potentially contributing to tumors that return in a more aggressive and treatment-resistant form.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

The easiest way to exploit the pattern discovered by Ackert and her co-author is by buying an exchange-trade fund that focuses on the largest stocks.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Among the main pathways recruiters use to exploit foreigners are job advertisements online, often with the promise of false civilian work, Amnesty said.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Vance added that he wasn’t sure when hostilities would end, refusing to provide an “artificial timeline” for Iran to exploit.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

“And I mean that. Moss, this hurts, and I know it’s not fun to talk about. And you know I don’t want anyone to exploit the tragedy of this just for the sake of activism.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

He was fascinated by the camera operators who followed his Mudcats exploits and asked them to teach him how they worked.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Rory Jones and Dylan Tokar explain how Iran exploits the U.S.-led financial system and why stopping it isn’t so simple.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Beyond his exploits in Sao Paulo's financial hub Faria Lima, high-flying Vorcaro invested in real estate, pharmaceuticals, textiles and even soccer.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

Tapping Travis Scott to play the Bard singing the tales of Odysseus’ exploits, for example, doesn’t merely reframe the role of ancient storytellers and poets as that age’s rappers.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

They both asked about his high school exploits back in Houston.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

The Kings’ latest legal drama follows a firm that takes on the cases of people exploited by big tech companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

His earlier work showed that the products of fructose metabolism can be exploited by cancer cells to promote their growth.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

It just means that the relationship between Fed rate decisions and the stock market is far more complex than can be exploited by a mechanical market-timing model.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

It adds streamers should not have their work commercially exploited to develop AI without consent or compensation.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

They exploited understandable discrepancies between the bulletins and the individual in the courtroom—was there proof that this Benjamin Jones was the Benjamin Jones in question?

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

"There are individuals exploiting the lack of coordination between stores, between police forces and making vast sums of money," he said.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

U.S. security agencies on Tuesday accused six Chinese artificial intelligence companies of systematically exploiting American AI models to train their own systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The key is exploiting job-seeker anxiety, he noted: “They want somebody who is in a hurry to find a job.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

That includes classifying Astra as reaching a "critical cybersecurity threshold," which means OpenAI believes the model is capable of finding and exploiting cybersecurity gaps.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

I was a true hustler—uneducated, unskilled at anything honorable, and I considered myself nervy and cunning enough to live by my wits, exploiting any prey that presented itself.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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