Timeline for Synonyms for "use" with positive conntotion?
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| Mar 25, 2023 at 2:34 | vote | accept | cabbagesss | ||
| Mar 24, 2023 at 9:57 | answer | added | JK2 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 24, 2023 at 9:15 | answer | added | Kimbi | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 24, 2023 at 2:40 | comment | added | Tinfoil Hat | Ooh, leverages would be perfect here, except verbing this noun doesn’t always go over well with everyone. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 15:41 | comment | added | John Lawler | Exploitation is the nominalization of exploit, if you're determined to use a noun. But exploit can be interpreted as bad behavior. Though in this context, it's not, really, as long as it doesn't involve outright plagiarism (and even then, Warhol got away with it). Ars longa, vita brevis. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 15:19 | answer | added | alphabet | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 15:15 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | @StuartF Strong verbs there. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 13:56 | comment | added | Stuart F | Explores, challenges, questions, investigates, contemplates, or deconstructs are the sort of terms used for this kind of writing. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 13:54 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | For your purposes, I'd exploit the startling quality of exploits (meaning 'uses shrewdly' and not strictly negative), because Moore reverses something here. Employs, inverts or repurposes may also work. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 13:36 | comment | added | cabbagesss | I agree, but in this case, I would like to avoid repetition of "use" as well. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 13:20 | comment | added | alphabet | Adopting complicated synonyms to sound more sophisticated is rarely successful. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 13:13 | comment | added | cabbagesss | I provided "exploited", that's the closest word I could find. "Manipulated" seems to have more of a negative connotation. "Employ" is too neutral. I would like a positive connotation word please. "Use" doesn't convey the sense that she's using it expertly to convey her further ideas; the verb doesn't seem strong enough and doesn't showcase how she's cleverly 'used' these techniques. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 13:11 | comment | added | Joachim | I removed that request. Can you tell us what you mean by 'sophistication', and, more importantly, why 'use' doesn't quite cut it? | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 13:09 | history | edited | Joachim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
removed wish for list of synonyms; removed thanks; replaced tag with appropriate one
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| Mar 23, 2023 at 12:33 | comment | added | High Performance Mark | A list of synonyms would be much appreciated You're expected to have found a list of synonyms yourself, perhaps by consulting a thesaurus, before asking your question. And then, in your question, to explain why none of them quite satisfies your purpose. | |
| S Mar 23, 2023 at 12:17 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Mar 23, 2023 at 12:17 | history | asked | cabbagesss | CC BY-SA 4.0 |