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as in used
to take unfair advantage of
the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him
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as in manipulated
to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means
a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain
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as in utilized
to put into action or service
it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest
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Recent Examples of exploited
The argument was that tech like cameras and GPS tracking in cars could be exploited by foreign powers.
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New Atlas,
4 July 2026
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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Brian Delay,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
Overloading one side of the pitch can often force your opposition to shift across, making space to be exploited with a simple switch or cross towards the opposite side.
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Mark Carey,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Most troublingly, Anthropic said, was a case in which the model was manipulated into producing code that demonstrated how a vulnerability could be exploited.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
While most public scrutiny of the technology that fuels scams has focused on the social media platforms victims see, the infrastructure exploited to commit fraud begins much farther upstream, the investigation showed.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Security-only updates in between big point upgrades are typically reserved for iPhone flaws that have already been exploited by adversaries.
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Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The book is often about the ways in which wellness and self-care have become commodified and exploited — having to level up to buy things in order to feel good.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
25 June 2026
So far, there are no reports of the usbliter8 bug being exploited in the wild.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
21 June 2026
New Atlas,
4 July 2026
Starting with the campaign for universal white male suffrage soon after the American Revolution, marginalized and exploited people fought for equal rights.
—
Brian Delay,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
Overloading one side of the pitch can often force your opposition to shift across, making space to be exploited with a simple switch or cross towards the opposite side.
—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Most troublingly, Anthropic said, was a case in which the model was manipulated into producing code that demonstrated how a vulnerability could be exploited.
—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
While most public scrutiny of the technology that fuels scams has focused on the social media platforms victims see, the infrastructure exploited to commit fraud begins much farther upstream, the investigation showed.
—
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Security-only updates in between big point upgrades are typically reserved for iPhone flaws that have already been exploited by adversaries.
—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The book is often about the ways in which wellness and self-care have become commodified and exploited — having to level up to buy things in order to feel good.
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
25 June 2026
So far, there are no reports of the usbliter8 bug being exploited in the wild.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploited
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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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In all the stories across both timelines, Dinner said there’s a common thread about memories and how they can be manipulated, and that exploring it was part of the appeal of the new season — not just for the audience, but for the director.
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The other company whose shares were manipulated in the scheme, E-Waste, had an even higher market cap at some point, despite being nothing more than a shell company.
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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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Some dogs fear brooms, vacuum cleaners or other household products, particularly if they’ve been hurt or abused in the past.
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Lamar called out Drake for allegedly having a secret child, and Drake claimed that Kendrick abused his fiancée.
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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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It should be leveraged, not relied upon strictly to deliver all results.
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India’s government, which has long leveraged a hard line on Pakistan for domestic political advantage, enjoyed a rally-around-the-flag effect that gave it a useful boost one year after a worse-than-expected performance in national elections.
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The businessman employed an array of shell companies and strawmen to sign documents on his behalf, and to stand in for him as operators of his companies, according to the affidavit.
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Additionally, the transit method employed by TESS usually has a search radius of around 150 light-years.
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The truth is she was fully harnessed and attached to the roof.
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The company’s GPUs offer more flexibility than an ASIC such as a TPU — after all, GPUs were originally designed to render better 3D computer graphics before their processing power was harnessed for a broader range of tasks, including AI.
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