Exeter returned to third place in English rugby union's Prem with a convincing 38-14 win away to bottom-of-the-table Newcastle on Friday.
The Chiefs ran in six tries at Kingston Park to make it successive wins since the competition resumed after the Six Nations.
Exeter wings Paul Brown-Bampoe and Campbell Ridl scored two tries apiece, with Olly Woodburn and Stephen Varney also crossing for the visitors.
Five of those tries came in the first half, with Exeter turning round in command at 31-7 ahead.
The five points won lifted Exeter above Leicester ahead of the bulk of the weekend's matches.
It also meant the Chiefs opened up an eight-point lead over fifth-placed Bristol as Exeter chase a top-four finish that would secure a play-off place for the first time since 2021.
"The start of the game looked exactly how we wanted it to go. Fair play to the players, they executed the plan very well," Exeter forwards coach Ross McMillan told the BBC.
Defeat was Newcastle's 11th loss in 12 league games this season, with the Red Bull-backed team still four points adrift of Harlequins.
Just six days earlier Newcastle had gone down by only a point against Prem leaders Northampton.
But in Stephen Jones' first home game as interim head coach, all they had to show for their efforts was a brilliant solo try from Christian Wade and a late score from Connor Hancock.
"Our goal was to back up performances and obviously in the first half, we turned over some ball, our discipline allowed them some entries, and they got the momentum and their tails up and we gave ourselves a mountain to climb," said Jones.
But with relegation being scrapped as part of a major shake-up, Newcastle can still look forward to remaining in the topflight.