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as in practiced
to do over and over so as to become skilled
the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing
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as in used
to put into action or service
commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency
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as in bothered
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised
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Recent Examples of exercised
Days after the listing, SpaceX exercised an option to buy Cursor for $60 billion in SpaceX stock.
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Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised.
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Steven Melendez,
Scientific American,
2 July 2026
People’s power, exercised through democratic processes such as public hearings, ordinance revisions and elections, can be overwhelmed by the tech companies and aligned groups.
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Lauren Mullenbach,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
The principle reminds us that leadership is not exercised from a distance.
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Sandra Balogun,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Zach LaVine’s agent says the Sacramento Kings player has exercised a $49 million player option for the 2026-27 NBA season, according to reporting by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.
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Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
The Hawks have already extended veteran guard CJ McCollum to a one-year deal and exercised the fourth-year team option of forward Mouhamed Gueye.
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Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
28 June 2026
One national survey of over 5,000 participants found that people who exercised in the morning tended to have a lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference as compared to midday and evening exercisers.
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Jenessa Connor,
Health,
26 June 2026
Third- and fourth-year rookie options for the 2027-28 season can also begin being exercised.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised.
—
Steven Melendez,
Scientific American,
2 July 2026
People’s power, exercised through democratic processes such as public hearings, ordinance revisions and elections, can be overwhelmed by the tech companies and aligned groups.
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Lauren Mullenbach,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
The principle reminds us that leadership is not exercised from a distance.
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Sandra Balogun,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Zach LaVine’s agent says the Sacramento Kings player has exercised a $49 million player option for the 2026-27 NBA season, according to reporting by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.
—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
The Hawks have already extended veteran guard CJ McCollum to a one-year deal and exercised the fourth-year team option of forward Mouhamed Gueye.
—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
28 June 2026
One national survey of over 5,000 participants found that people who exercised in the morning tended to have a lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference as compared to midday and evening exercisers.
—
Jenessa Connor,
Health,
26 June 2026
Third- and fourth-year rookie options for the 2027-28 season can also begin being exercised.
—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exercised
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Beijing has exerted greater institutional control in Tibet since Xi Jinping became the country's president in 2012.
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Beijing has exerted greater institutional control in Tibet since Xi Jinping became the country’s president in 2012.
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The Algerian team practiced at KU’s Rock Chalk Park, home of Lie’s Jayhawks, while choosing the DoubleTree hotel as its headquarters.
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To listen at depth calls for two skills, both of which can be readily trained and repeatedly practiced.
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The Hyundai Motor Company used one of the world’s largest sporting stages to showcase its robotics ambitions.
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For instance, in Berkeley, neighbors used CEQA — citing potential noise impact from partying students — to delay, for years, UC Berkeley’s construction of student dorms on People’s Park.
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Maybe Bill Plaschke would be aware of that, and give due credit, if his hometown major newspaper bothered to have a dedicated correspondent covering one of the city’s NBA teams.
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For all the breathless coverage devoted to celebrity engagements, weddings, and whirlwind divorces, some of Hollywood’s most enduring love stories involve couples who never bothered with the paperwork.
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Boston Dynamics said the same AI training methods used to teach Atlas celebratory football movements are also being applied to warehouse automation and manufacturing tasks.
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Bollo, the son of a domestic worker and a line cook, said he’s applied to work as a teaching assistant and graduate researcher, which would waive the cost of his tuition.
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The Royals have utilized young starters such as Luinder Avila and Stephen Kolek to fill rotation spots.
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Factoring the maximum of three two-way contract slots into account when they are officially filled, that pushes the Hornets up to 19, leaving just two more spots that can be utilized in the offseason and heading into training camp.
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Those measures, however, have alarmed privacy advocates, who argue that age-gating the internet would affect all users — not just children.
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That’s alarmed the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents about 400 nurses and staff at two psychiatric hospitals in Sacramento.
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The argument was that tech like cameras and GPS tracking in cars could be exploited by foreign powers.
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Starting with the campaign for universal white male suffrage soon after the American Revolution, marginalized and exploited people fought for equal rights.
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“Exercised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exercised. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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