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To understand how cell density was exerting these effects, co-first author Josquin Courte, a postdoc in the Morsut Lab, conducted a series of experiments that yielded a surprising discovery.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

But all the while the world of politics was exerting its pull.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

Last week, Erkan denied allegations by a Turkish newspaper claiming that her father was exerting influence over the bank and had fired a bank employee.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Mira Hashmall, an attorney hired by the county for the case, said in a statement the county was “deeply disappointed” and believed, by denying the agreement, the judge was exerting power he did not possess.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023

He was exerting all his skill, but their progress was slow; the Shearwater crossed and recrossed, crossed and recrossed, gaining but a few feet in each transit.

From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore