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
America’s colleges and universities are under duress.
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Paul Weinstein Jr, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Which is often a very place of extreme emotional duress.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 7 May 2025
Financial turmoil has both Trump and Powell under duress
Trump’s tariff campaign, announced earlier this month, continues to rattle global financial markets.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
For once, the duress was being felt down the hallway.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Paul Weinstein Jr, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Which is often a very place of extreme emotional duress.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 7 May 2025
Financial turmoil has both Trump and Powell under duress
Trump’s tariff campaign, announced earlier this month, continues to rattle global financial markets.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
For once, the duress was being felt down the hallway.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duress
Noun
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One of the ways that happened, Lam said, came in the form of U.S. political pressure on foreign governments or private industry to negotiate mutually beneficial agreements between Indigenous peoples and their governments.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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The budgetary pressures caused by $20.5 million in player compensation will cause schools to redirect all available cash.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
Noun
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The Airbus Factor and Market Dynamics Airbus leads in single-aisle deliveries but faces significant supply chain constraints, limiting its ability to ramp up production further.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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This film left us thinking about big topics like truth, persuasion, and compulsion, positioning us alongside the filmmaker and leading us to want to talk and think about this film for hours.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 May 2025
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In response, Sarah’s emotional state swings between consternation and compulsion as her solitary writer’s retreat morphs into a poolside war of wills between stuffy dame and slightly unhinged French gamine.—
Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo,
Footwear News,
26 May 2025
Noun
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China’s use of economic coercion against South Korea has fueled such anti-Beijing attitudes in recent years.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 June 2025
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The hammer of government coercion is reserved exclusively for use on taxpayers.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
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“Duress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duress. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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