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The phrase "was exploited to" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where someone or something is used for a specific purpose or advantage. Example: The workers' skills were exploited to increase productivity and profits for the company.
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was exploited to
verb
To use for one's own advantage.
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"Political influence was the biggest cause of my departure, as our defeat was exploited to create political points," he said.
So, Mr. Giuliani, could you comment on the BIND vulnerability that was exploited to threaten the root server system?
The devastating Allied bombing raid on Dresden was exploited to the full by the Nazi propaganda machine.
In 1980, the shortlived boom that preceded the crash was exploited to help deliver victory in a plebiscite approving a new constitution.
This property was exploited to develop the drug, a compound that releases destructive tumour-busting "free radical" molecules when activated by laser light.
Finite element modeling was exploited to investigate the fixation efficiency.
LinkedIn tells TechCrunch it doesn't have evidence that the weakness was exploited to gather user data.
Most people blindly believed this research, and it was exploited to sell products.
A cellular computing model was exploited to solve the Steiner problem [26].
Taylor series expansion was exploited to approximate the effect of imperfection in CSI on statistical properties.
This effect was exploited to make 5.2- and 7.2-μm lasers using Pr3+ LCl3[11, 12].
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