How to Use exploitation in a Sentence
exploitation
noun-
The show is a study of exploitation at all levels that’s often painful to watch.
— Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023 -
In that sense, the 82nd Air Assault Brigade is an all-in-one assault and exploitation force.
— David Axe, Forbes, 3 May 2023 -
The chimp from Nope vs. Cocaine Bear Gordy is strong, fast, and mad at hell at his exploitation.
— Vulture, 24 Feb. 2023 -
All of that for fifty quid a week… David and Defries were both equally guilty in this exploitation.
— Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024 -
And two, to ensure that at least one of the show’s subject matters isn’t present: exploitation.
— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023 -
So that’s where a lot of the exploitation began, from my perspective.
— Felice León, Essence, 14 June 2023 -
The artists put out of work today will be replaced by many more in years to come, enabled by exploitation of this new tool.
— Rachel Shin, Fortune, 5 June 2023 -
But in some ways, her exploitation has only worsened in the decades since her passing.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024 -
On the factory floor, time became a tool for the exploitation of workers.
— Fred Turner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Nowhere is this easier to see than in the exploitation and harming of women.
— Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024 -
This means that the studios need writers to pursue copyrights and exploitation of such works.
— Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023 -
Marcee Gray could face up to 20 years in jail related to the felony charge of elder exploitation, the newspaper said.
— Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024 -
In August, Sgt. Javed Richards had 13 counts of child exploitation and child pornography charges filed against him.
— Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2024 -
On that song, Kendrick levied the claim that Drake’s relationship with Atlanta artists was one of exploitation.
— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024 -
He was indicted along with two friends in a case that involved the exploitation of five teenagers and an adult with mental health problems.
— Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022 -
In any industry, there could be exploitation and abuse.
— Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024 -
Their exploitation and misery is one of the most defining, yet overlooked narratives of the era of legal cannabis.
— Paige St. John and Marisa Gerber, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2023 -
But workers who are more informed about the terms of their exploitation are still exploited.
— Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2023 -
That puts them at greater risk of trafficking and exploitation, experts say.
— Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 6 July 2023 -
It’s entitled to retain all revenue from the exploitation of these rights.
— Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024 -
To put it mildly, that gory, one-joke exploitation time-killer didn't cry out for a second installment.
— A.a. Dowd, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Your work mines the exploitation of labor, of capital, of culture.
— WIRED, 22 June 2023 -
But Chazelle is trying to make a point with all the excess: that the joy of cinema has always gone hand in hand with exploitation, abuse, and off-screen villainy.
— David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022 -
The company has also struggled to stem child exploitation on the platform.
— Shane Harris, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023 -
The Trust and Safety Council, in fact, had as one of its advisory groups one that focused on child exploitation.
— Barbara Ortutay, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022 -
An Irish priest who spent time in Maryland, Patrick Smyth, castigated the priests who ran the plantations for their exploitation of slaves.
— Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 June 2023 -
For so many victims of exploitation, recovery is a lifetime of work.
— Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024 -
But for Cavalier, his art — and the industrial exploitation of it — was causing his dillemna in the first place.
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024 -
In this expansive book, a historian places the earth’s ecological plight in the context of human exploitation.
— The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 -
In addition to his federal case, the officer of 12 years faces 13 counts of child exploitation and one count of possession of child pornography in Marion Superior court.
— Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2024
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