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Meanings of exert in English

Portuguese
exercer
Catalan
exercir
Spanish
ejercer

Have and exercise.

        exercer
        Portuguese
        aplicar
        Spanish
        ejercer

        To put to use (e.g. power or influence).

              aplicar
              Usage of exert in English
              1
              The Ukrainian authorities say Russia is using trade to exert political pressure.
              BBC
              2
              The drugs currently used are not specific and exert serious toxic effects.
              Pubmed
              3
              Critics say Beijing is using Schellenberg's case to exert pressure on Ottawa.
              The Guardian
              4
              Therefore, exogenous EPCs could not exert significant promoting effects on glioma growth.
              Pubmed
              5
              The Kennedy family continues to exert a fascination over the American public.
              The Irish Times
              6
              Armed with information, experts can exert a gigantic, if unspoken, leverage: fear.
              Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of ever...
              7
              Glucocorticoids exert significant downstream effects, including the regulation of many inflammatory genes.
              Pubmed
              8
              However, the mechanisms by which the pro-domains exert their activities are unknown.
              Pubmed
              9
              Asked about China, Yeo said Beijing was quietly trying to exert influence.
              Reuters
              10
              Probably I shouldn't exert myself because she'd come home any day now.
              Four to score
              11
              The mechanisms by which galectins exert these diverse effects remain largely unknown.
              Pubmed
              12
              Probiotics have been shown to exert beneficial effects on inflammatory bowel diseases.
              Pubmed
              13
              She made a very obvious effort to exert control over her emotions.
              Mortal Allies
              14
              It made one consider whether one ought to exert effort at all.
              The irish warrior
              15
              Moreover, AID can exert noncanonical functions when aberrantly expressed in epithelial cells.
              Pubmed
              16
              Neither side was able to exert dominance during a scoreless opening half.
              The Irish Times
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              Translations for exert
              Catalan
              exercir
              Spanish
              ejercer
              Exert through the time
              Exert across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              Ireland
              Common