Example Sentences

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The unusual motions of galaxies and the stars within them suggest that large amounts of unseen matter are exerting gravitational pull.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025

“They are exerting control over whatever they can ... and they are seeing that it isn’t working so well,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Calibrating their policy rate against the estimated neutral rate - which Fed officials as of June estimated at 2.5% - gives officials an idea of just how much pressure they are exerting on the economy.

From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2023

“The hegemonic, domineering and bullying practices of using strength to intimidate the weak, taking from others by force and subterfuge, and playing zero-sum games are exerting grave harm.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Many women who have been taught in these schools are exerting a strong influence as Christian wives, mothers and teachers.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted