exact
adjective
strictly accurate or correct.
have exacted
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present perfectof exact.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Still, the relationships with Epstein have exacted tolls.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
The report calls them "broad-based", and says they have "exacted a toll on the population at large by undermining people's rights to an adequate standard of living, and thus to food and health".
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
But these forms of land use have exacted other costs on our community.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
His plan, which would have exacted an $8 fee for entering Midtown and Lower Manhattan, died in the State Assembly.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2017
Another scythe might have exacted a punishment far worse.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
