Thesaurus results for WEIGHS (UPON)

weighs (upon)

verb

present tense third-person singular of weigh (upon)

as in bears (down)

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pressures

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If a company pressures you into signing a contract before evaluating other options, that’s a red flag.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 July 2026
An activist often pressures a board to focus more on costs, assets, and capital allocation.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

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