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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 pressuring
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems.
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Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura.
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Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
Ella Moore
july 2,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
Resurgent inflation, which in May hit its highest level in more than three years, is pressuring people's budgets, with Gallup finding in a recent poll that high gasoline prices have caused financial hardship for two-thirds of households.
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Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Students began marching, organizing nighttime campus patrols and pressuring university officials.
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Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
Trump has separately tried to end both grace periods and mail-in voting altogether through both an executive order and by pressuring Congress to pass legislation.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
And the software weakness pressuring those same private credit portfolios shows that the AI trade and the dull-debt trade have become one position.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
While Carvalho’s resignation was widely reported — and precipitated the appointment of Andrés Chait as the new superintendent three days later — there was no indication at the time that the school board had been pressuring Carvalho to step down.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The dispute between Warsaw and Kyiv comes just as Europe has re-engaged the United States in pressuring Moscow to end the war, with officials on the continent warning the neighbors’ tensions would play into the hands of President Vladimir Putin.
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Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
Later in the decade, Israel broadened its objectives to include pressuring the Assad regime in Syria and undercutting the long-standing Iranian-Syrian relationship.
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Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Noun
As the two wander around the museum—one pressuring, the other deflecting—the novel portrays their professed enmity as underscored by the force of attraction, even of love.
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Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems.
—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura.
—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Other signs of scam communications include requesting money or sensitive information, threatening legal action or arrest or pressuring the victim to take immediate action, a Microsoft spokesperson told the Herald.
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Ella Moore
july 2,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
Resurgent inflation, which in May hit its highest level in more than three years, is pressuring people's budgets, with Gallup finding in a recent poll that high gasoline prices have caused financial hardship for two-thirds of households.
—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Students began marching, organizing nighttime campus patrols and pressuring university officials.
—
Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
Trump has separately tried to end both grace periods and mail-in voting altogether through both an executive order and by pressuring Congress to pass legislation.
—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
And the software weakness pressuring those same private credit portfolios shows that the AI trade and the dull-debt trade have become one position.
—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
While Carvalho’s resignation was widely reported — and precipitated the appointment of Andrés Chait as the new superintendent three days later — there was no indication at the time that the school board had been pressuring Carvalho to step down.
—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The dispute between Warsaw and Kyiv comes just as Europe has re-engaged the United States in pressuring Moscow to end the war, with officials on the continent warning the neighbors’ tensions would play into the hands of President Vladimir Putin.
—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
Later in the decade, Israel broadened its objectives to include pressuring the Assad regime in Syria and undercutting the long-standing Iranian-Syrian relationship.
—
Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressuring
Noun
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The increase, which comes after intense lobbying from local governments, is set to hit coffers in September — faster than previous rounds.
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Bankrolling a network of PACs hasn’t slowed existing lobbying efforts from DraftKings and FanDuel, which are on pace to increase their annual spending there.
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Liv Morgan controversially interrupted Iyo Sky's coronation, attacking her and forcing a tap-out.
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California previously faced tens of billions of dollars in budget deficits, forcing painful cuts such as a rollback last year on a promise to provide free healthcare to low-income immigrants without legal status.
Noun
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One of its executives, Anderson, defined agentic treasury as a control system for the movement of money, software that does not merely advise a treasurer but acts, moving cash between accounts, settling invoices, hedging a currency exposure, all with little human prompting.
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The agent can run programs and complete requests without constant prompting.
Verb
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Travis Reed, who was a fire captain with the now-defunct Briar Volunteer Fire Department, admitted to coercing a minor into producing child pornography in September, according to a summary of facts in the case.
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The Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach to Networked Expression Act would prohibit federal agencies and employees from coercing or trying to coerce broadcasters and providers of online services or AI services into changing content.
Noun
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Nicolas Matthew Scelfo of Brooklyn, New York, faces up to 10 years in prison after being charged with influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat.
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Seven states have now passed legislation to regulate family influencing, but these laws mostly just ensure that parents set aside a percentage of earnings to compensate their children.
Verb
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The surge in chip investment and demand has reignited economic growth and inflation, compelling the Bank of Korea (BOK) to consider aggressive rate hikes.
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Selaocoe extends that feeling after the song ends by once again compelling the audience to join him in song.
Noun
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People evacuated swaying buildings and homes in the capital, Caracas.
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While Kesteloo is used to traveling at sea, the rocking and swaying of the boat might affect you differently.
Verb
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The unions argue that carrying out permanent layoffs during a funding lapse violates the Antideficiency Act, which bars agencies from obligating funds without congressional authorization, and exceeds executive authority under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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This document, signed by a sponsor, is a legally enforceable contract obligating the sponsor to support the immigrant and prevent them from relying on public aid.
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“Pressuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressuring. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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