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as in stress
the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time
a business executive who works well under pressure
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as in constraint
the use of power to impose one's will on another
pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider
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as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
his father pressured him to go out for the swim team
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Recent Examples of pressure
Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 June 2025
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
Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Trump officials have repeatedly raised the stakes and sought new fronts to pressure Harvard, cutting more than $2.6 billion in research grants and moving to end all federal contracts with the university.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Noun
Another dependable starter would fortify their group and could lessen the pressure on Will Warren, and relying on Luis Gil to return to form after missing the entirety of the season so far with a lat injury.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 June 2025
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
Verb
Trump has used the ECB’s recent rate cuts as a cudgel with which to pressure Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Trump officials have repeatedly raised the stakes and sought new fronts to pressure Harvard, cutting more than $2.6 billion in research grants and moving to end all federal contracts with the university.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressure
Noun
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McMahon adds that hormones, stress, allergies, hot tools, and diet can also cause a dry or irritated scalp.—
Jamie Wilson,
Glamour,
16 June 2025
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While this term isn’t an official medical diagnosis, dermatologists use it to describe breakouts that sync up with hormonal fluctuations caused by a person’s menstrual cycle, heavy stress (thanks, cortisol), or a chronic health condition.—
Alisa Hrustic,
SELF,
16 June 2025
Noun
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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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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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Whether that’s a trial site, a community center or the patient’s workplace, this model removes friction from both ends: Participants aren’t forced to travel, and sponsors don’t have to wait for overwhelmed sites to come online.—
Sonali Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Despite Anna’s meticulous preparations, her intent to force confessions from the passengers and deliver them directly to authorities is immediately derailed when just hours into the trip one of her guests is murdered.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Although the strain has intensified under DeSantis’ deportation push, the underlying issues aren’t new.—
Kara Newhouse,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2025
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Visitors are encouraged to taste their way through different types of new make, exploring different yeast strains and grain varietals used.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
15 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
Verb
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Defense attorneys for the juvenile defendants, Matthew Niemiec and Mark Grier, said the suspects were coerced into the alleged crime.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2025
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Scammers often ask for money or coerce their victims into performing harmful acts.—
Nicole Valdes,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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While the Marines are expected to avoid direct engagement with demonstrators, the symbolism of active-duty troops patrolling the streets of Los Angeles has reignited deep political tensions and legal debates over the limits of federal power.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 June 2025
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Given the state’s history, a lot of tension will arise if uranium mining is allowed to resume in New Mexico.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In over 40 instances of strategic bombing from World War I to the first Gulf War in 1991, such barrages, whether concentrated and heavy or light and dispersed, never compelled civilians to take to the streets in any meaningful numbers to oppose their governments.—
Robert A. Pape,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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In a time of scorching divisions, interviewees felt compelled by the call to act with collective spirit.—
Talia Milgrom-Elcott,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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