exploits 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of exploit
1
as in abuses
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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2
as in manipulates
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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3
as in uses
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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exploits

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noun

plural of exploit
1
as in feats
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness the fanciful exploits of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan

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2
as in things
something done by someone once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit, his assassination of Lincoln

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3
as in experiences
an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand a memoir recounting three decades of exploits as a roving foreign correspondent for TV news

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Recent Examples of exploits
Verb
Experts from Socure, IBM, and Accenture highlight that AI fraud exploits employees, payment systems, and decision-makers. — Ray Fernandez, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Unfortunately, marketing often exploits these vulnerabilities. — J. Todd R. Lawrence, STAT, 27 July 2026 The scholar sees Cuba’s future in natural gas, an energy source the Cuban government already exploits in partnership with the Canadian company Sherritt International. — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 Shot in 2022 but set in the 1970s, the warmth of Mei’s projector light contrasts with the white LED lights from passing cars, a temporally porous mise-en-scène that Warnick exploits throughout his film. — Dylan Adamson, IndieWire, 21 July 2026 Trump has pioneered a style of communication that exploits our distracted, disputatious age. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 This configuration exploits the boundary layer of air flowing over the airframe to increase efficiency. — David Szondy june 14, New Atlas, 14 June 2026 The hackers used a common tactic known as credential stuffing to access the data, which exploits weak and reused passwords. — Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026 The addition was a prompt injection, a form of AI attack that exploits an LLM’s inability to distinguish between legitimate user prompts and those from unauthorized, potentially malicious third parties. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
Noun
Randau’s initial curiosity in Kersten was piqued by a meeting some five years ago with French producers over a potential collaboration on a TV series devoted to the exploits of the massage-therapist. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 Their job is to hack devices and patch exploits before malicious actors do. — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026 Here agents were built to find software exploits and placed in flawed or deliberately permissive environments. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026 The Cloud Security Alliance reports that the mean time from disclosure to exploitation fell from roughly 32 days in 2022 to about 5 days, with nearly one in three exploits now appearing on or before the disclosure date. — Jonathan Baker, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 OpenAI said the models discovered multiple novel vulnerabilities in software from both companies, then chained together working exploits, successfully gaining them access to the answer key to the test they were given. — Garrison Lovely, Time, 4 Aug. 2026 Drone operators submit videos of their battlefield exploits to the government as entries in a competition that rewards points to high scorers. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026 Through his characters’ exploits, Ellis depicts two LAs—the teenage universe of mall food courts, movie theaters, and arcades, and the power lunch spots that underscore their precociousness. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 July 2026 Wonders is also terrific, a ball of neuroses and repression, envious of Elliot’s exploits. — ABC News, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploits
  1. abuses
  2. manipulates
  3. uses
  4. feats
  5. things
  6. experiences
  7. leverages
  8. utilizes
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  • Before more cameras appear, your community deserves clear answers about who can search the records, how long the data stays available and what happens when someone abuses access.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • New York City’s child welfare agency routinely abuses its emergency power to take children from their parents without a court order, creating lifelong consequences for families, a new class-action lawsuit seeking to end the practice alleged Thursday.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
Definition of abuses
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  • The drug was created by evil businessman Roland Daggett who manipulates Hagen to take over Wayne Enterprises.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 July 2026
  • In retaliation, Artemis manipulates the winds so that Agamemnon and his fleet can’t sail to Troy.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
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  • The system uses natural ammonia as its working refrigerant, completely overcoming synthetic compounds like HCFCs and HFCs that contribute to global warming and ozone depletion.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Hisense uses different operating systems in different regions for some of these TVs, but happily the new Dolby Vision 2 update will still work regardless of whether your UX, UR9, UR8 or U7 uses the Google TV or Hisense VIDAA smart platform.
    — John Archer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of uses
Noun
  • Alpha-Zero achieved these feats by playing tens of millions of games against itself—that is, by gathering experiences.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Arison, who was born in the country of Georgia, owned up to being both of those things and being motivated by seemingly impossible feats.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of feats
Noun
  • The service Casually buttoned-up and (like many other things at this property) classic New York, with concierge and servers always ready to lend a hand—but without fussing over anything.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Is this the same Panthea who hates anyone fake or putting things on?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of things
Noun
  • Cooking classes, yoga lessons, meditation experiences, and live entertainment are also vacation activities that enhance the body and the spirit.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That means strengthening the connection between our clubs and their communities, creating unforgettable experiences for fans, and making sure the excitement generated this summer becomes lasting momentum for Major League Soccer.
    — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of experiences
Verb
  • Sysdig leverages this capability to identify vulnerabilities in running workloads and assess the risk associated with privileged containers to help prioritize remediation.
    — Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The flagship feature is Siri AI, a new approach to Siri that in many cases leverages large language models without having to kick requests to a third party.
    — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Definition of leverages
Verb
  • The setup utilizes dual-motor modules mounted on both the front and rear axles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Joseph Padron, who helped design and build the facility, said the plant utilizes sophisticated nano-filtration technology that sets it apart from previous systems.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of utilizes

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