as in pressure
the use of power to impose one's will on another
complied with the order only under duress
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Recent Examples of duress
The three-minute video, also almost certainly filmed under duress, is the second proof-of-life video of Alexander since the war began 18 months ago.
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Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
On Saturday, the family of Edan Alexander, the last living American held in Gaza, responded to the release of a new video showing him speaking under duress.
—Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The Chinese detainee, who Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday was taken as a prisoner of war alongside a second Chinese national, was likely speaking under duress.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
And so that would amp up pressure for families who were struggling to make payments to lose that land under duress or to sell it under duress.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
On Saturday, the family of Edan Alexander, the last living American held in Gaza, responded to the release of a new video showing him speaking under duress.
—Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The Chinese detainee, who Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday was taken as a prisoner of war alongside a second Chinese national, was likely speaking under duress.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
And so that would amp up pressure for families who were struggling to make payments to lose that land under duress or to sell it under duress.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duress
Noun
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The Fed's most potent weapon against inflation is to ratchet up or maintain higher interest rates, because an increase in borrowing costs slows economic demand, which eases inflationary pressures.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Under public pressure, the Norwegian parliament reacted remarkably fast, closing major areas to all fishing after just nine months of deliberation.—
Christian Elliott,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The constraints and challenges that stand in the way of developing these capabilities are real.—
ANDREW S. LIM,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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That pivot involved epistemic uncertainty—consumer behavior, bandwidth constraints, and content rights.—
Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Books The Faithless Generation Traditional religion thrives in stable communities, not a world where innovators aim to ‘break things.’ Books Lies, Damned Lies, and Ideology John O’Sullivan The ideological lie persists, demanding compulsion to enforce its vision.—
Paul Baumann,
National Review,
17 Apr. 2025
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For this novel’s narrator, no effort is too great to ascertain the truth, even if the work becomes a compulsion.—
Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 Apr. 2025
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Mixing pop and politics Soft power refers to a country’s ability to influence others, not through coercion but through attraction – by shaping preferences through culture, values and public diplomacy.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2025
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The two scholars maintain there is no evidence of coercion here.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Duress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duress. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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