stress test
noun
: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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Solidarity met its first major stress test after 1965.
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Crafting a longevity playbook
Run a care stress test.
—John Samuels, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The first real tariffs stress test is now underway.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025
The World Bank observes that crises may be opportunities for a middle-income country to stress test its corporations, reform where needed and not just survive, but profit from the difficulties.
—Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
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Crafting a longevity playbook
Run a care stress test.
—John Samuels, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The first real tariffs stress test is now underway.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025
The World Bank observes that crises may be opportunities for a middle-income country to stress test its corporations, reform where needed and not just survive, but profit from the difficulties.
—Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Stress test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stress%20test. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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