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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was exacted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something was demanded or obtained, often with a sense of force or severity. Example: "The toll of the war was exacted in both lives and resources."
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A penalty was exacted.
Now, revenge was exacted.
Also, a five-billion-franc indemnity was exacted.
A heavy tribute was exacted by Valdemar IV, but Visby continued to prosper from regional trade.
This political theater — for that is all it was — exacted a price.
If a zamindar held the whole estate, the settlement was with him; otherwise, payment was exacted from individual cultivators.
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Still, their schooling was exacting.
His standards are exacting.
His precision is exacting.
McGarry is exacting.
The process is exacting.
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