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exploitation

[ek-sploi-tey-shuhn] / ˌɛk splɔɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
taking advantage
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Attorneys for Lipa filed the suit Friday in a US court in California, claiming "massive, continuing, unauthorized commercial exploitation of her valuable image and likeness by Samsung on cardboard television boxes."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The event’s mission is buried while its exploitation continues to be valuable currency.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

In an attempt avoid and halt "malicious exploitation," he said the White House will be doing four things:

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Nothing about the very obvious messages here—about colonialism, religious fanaticism, institutionalized violence and the exploitation of native peoples—amounts to a news flash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Perhaps there has been, at some point in history, some great power whose elevation was exempt from the violent exploitation of other human bodies.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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