Example Sentences

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It just feels really wrong and incredibly exploitive and the industry is such an exploitative industry.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2024

They were actually instilling in the kids a sense of something very useful, without sort of putting the kids to work in a way that was, you know, exploitive.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

"Wilson's actions could seriously undermine that confidence his exploitive behaviour will not be tolerated in West Mercia Police."

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023

“Worse, the content Defendants curate and direct to youth is too often harmful and exploitive ….”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2023

The first is that antisocial, predatory, exploitive and parasitic elements are unfortunately and unnecessarily prominent in the lives of all civilized peoples, including the present West.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott