have exacted
- present perfect of exact.
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
It could have shut down the hospital or stopped admitting new patients, but those decisions might also have exacted a toll on patient care.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2021
Another scythe might have exacted a punishment far worse.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
