1
: compelled by force or necessity : involuntary
a forced landing
2
: done or produced with effort, exertion, or pressure
a forced laugh
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Examples of forced in a Sentence
forced payment of membership dues
wasn't thrilled with the suggestion and so responded with a forced smile
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Customs officials today collect tariff revenue, but also monitor food safety, enforce intellectual property rights, inspect crops for pests and screen imports for goods made with forced labor, Mr. Foote said.
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Ana Swanson, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
One bill, which House Ways and Means advanced in a bipartisan vote last year, would require an investigation into forced and child labor at cobalt mining sites in Congo.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Ha argues that this happened when government officials, under pressure from the military dictator Park Chung-hee, turned to regional, high school, and family connections to propel a forced march to prosperity.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The group started to publicly address the housing crisis caused by forced evictions, organizing demonstrations and demanding a response from the capital’s authorities.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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Ana Swanson, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
One bill, which House Ways and Means advanced in a bipartisan vote last year, would require an investigation into forced and child labor at cobalt mining sites in Congo.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Ha argues that this happened when government officials, under pressure from the military dictator Park Chung-hee, turned to regional, high school, and family connections to propel a forced march to prosperity.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The group started to publicly address the housing crisis caused by forced evictions, organizing demonstrations and demanding a response from the capital’s authorities.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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forced
adjective
ˈfō(ə)rst 
ˈfȯ(ə)rst
1
: caused or brought about by force or necessity : involuntary
made a forced landing
2
: done or produced with effort
a forced laugh
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