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to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively
parental involvement has consistently been shown to exert the most influence over a child's success in school
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Larger countries are again using their advantages in military force, economic leverage, and diplomacy to secure spheres of influence—that is, geographic areas over which a state exerts economic, military, and political control without necessarily exercising formal sovereignty.
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Monica Duffy Toft, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
And he is supported by a political dynasty that still exerts authority up and down the country.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
China has forged strong ties across nations, especially in Asia and Africa, and exerts greater power in international organizations.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
And, because working on balance uniquely exerts many physical systems, frequently challenging yourself with harder balance exercises will not only yield better balance, but also strengthen the underlying systems.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Tonally, too, Elliott exerts no control.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
The phenomenon exerts a peculiarly deranging force, and until recently Americans remained oblivious.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The area, one of the focuses of Israel’s offensive, is nominally under the control of the Palestinian Authority, a body that exerts limited power in parts of the West Bank.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
In many cases, such as human blood vessels, the body exerts much tighter control over diameter than length.
—Mitchell Newberry, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Monica Duffy Toft, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
And he is supported by a political dynasty that still exerts authority up and down the country.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
China has forged strong ties across nations, especially in Asia and Africa, and exerts greater power in international organizations.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
And, because working on balance uniquely exerts many physical systems, frequently challenging yourself with harder balance exercises will not only yield better balance, but also strengthen the underlying systems.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Tonally, too, Elliott exerts no control.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
The phenomenon exerts a peculiarly deranging force, and until recently Americans remained oblivious.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The area, one of the focuses of Israel’s offensive, is nominally under the control of the Palestinian Authority, a body that exerts limited power in parts of the West Bank.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
In many cases, such as human blood vessels, the body exerts much tighter control over diameter than length.
—Mitchell Newberry, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
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