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Discover LudwigThe phrase "exerting power" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to use one's authority or strength to control or influence a situation or person. Example: The dictator ruled with an iron fist, exerting power over every aspect of his citizens' lives.
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Was it crucially about Britain exerting power outside of Europe?
The sport utility culture is also exerting power at the state level.
A former prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, once delivered a famous attack on the press for exerting "power without responsibility".
"This piece strives to show the bigger picture: How big players – exerting power over internet access, device, platform, and data markets – have become a liability.
They have accused him of exerting power over other patients at Kirby by controlling the distribution of food and the access to newspapers on his ward.
Many of the old master paintings, sculptures and other works of art that depict women exerting power or are by female artists.
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And he exerts power in other ways.
But Mr. Jeffords still exerts power in his own way.
Men hurt women in order to exert power over them.
Making that call will mean you have to exert power.
But the family has exerted power more recently than this.
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