exercising
/ˈɛk sər ˌsaɪ zɪŋ/
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Definition(s):
- (n) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
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- Using $20 stationary exercising bicycles, the director of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital's pulmonary division starts his patients off with three ten-minute stints a day at the pedals.
- Within a few months, most of the participants had resorted to exercising as much as they chose to.
- Two months after dismissing the Wii's exercising potential, Nintendo spokeswoman Perrin Kaplan now embraces it.
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- "My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan writes. "Not exercising the veto power became a hallmark of the Bush presidency. ...... To my mind, Bush's...on Sep 15, 2007 By: Alan Greenspan Source: SunJournal.com (subscription)
- "GM will be run by a private board of directors with a track record in American manufacturing," Obama said Monday. "The federal government will refrain from exercising its rights as a shareholder in all but the most fundamental corporate...on Jun 1, 2009 By: Barack Obama Source: msnbc.com
- Hadley said the trip "shows that we are moving into a different relationship ...... with Iraqis rightfully exercising greater sovereignty, we in an increasingly subordinate role."on Dec 14, 2008 By: Stephen Hadley Source: Toronto Star
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