How to Use under stress in a Sentence
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The jostling of the brain tugs at neural tissue, placing cells and blood vessels under stress.
—Celia Ford, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
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Here are some key emotional tools to thrive under stress.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
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When under stress, the fat cells break down, releasing a blitz of cannabinoids into the bloodstream.
—Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
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But its location in the heart of skid row puts its management under stress.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
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Some fruits can lack freshness and become less sweet or tarty under stress.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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The mice under stress consumed the artificial sweetener three times as much as the mice who were not.
—Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 8 June 2023
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The natural world, whether scenic or under stress, is an apt if expected theme.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
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The iconic cacti are under stress because of extreme heat.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
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The stock market was under stress, inflation was running wild, and housing began to stall.
—Lance Lambert, Fortune, 20 July 2023
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Due to the extreme heat, two of the nation’s largest power grids are under stress, which could affect Americans’ ability to cool off.
—Drew Costley, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
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Due to the extreme heat, two of the nation’s largest power grids are under stress, which could affect Americans' ability to cool off.
—Time, 28 July 2023
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In the more immediate future, Forsythe and his team hope to see how their printed neural networks fare under stress.
—WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
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Requiring banks to hold more capital could help mitigate risks that arise when banks are under stress.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 10 July 2023
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The suitcase is also designed to gracefully flex under stress and conceal scratches and scuffs with its clever brush-stroke coloration and texture.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2023
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The bigger threat to both front-runners Althea and Hoad, as many saw it, was Althea and Hoad themselves, for both were inclined to self-sabotaging behavior when under stress.
—Sally H. Jacobs, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2023
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Due to the extreme heat, some of the nation’s large power grids and utilities are under stress, which could affect Americans’ ability to cool off.
—Drew Costley, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
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But Gaza’s health care system was already under stress before the latest bombardment.
—Yara M. Asi, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2023
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The polymer was made of three distinct subunits that could adopt different conformations when placed under stress.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
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Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere are further snarling supply chains and driving up the prices of food and energy, adding pressure to a global trade system already under stress.
—WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022
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If any of your remaining ash trees are of particularly high value to you or are under stress from other factors such as drought, keeping the two-year treatment plan is a good idea.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
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The good news is there is a way to interrupt this cycle, make better decisions under stress, and lessen the experience of burnout: deliberate calm.
—Jacqueline Brassey, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2023
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Likewise, when plants are under stress, due to water shortage, for example, this can also lead them to bolt prematurely.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 12 May 2023
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Io is constantly under stress, influenced not only by the gravitational pull of Jupiter, but also by its moons Europa and Ganymede.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
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Even though some hospitals are under stress, widespread closures of businesses and schools seem unlikely.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
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With Britain’s public finances under stress, others argue that the NHS should make more efficient use of its existing funding rather than receiving more.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2024
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Banks, already under stress from declining asset quality, higher funding costs and slowing loan growth, would face an even darker outlook if a debt-ceiling deal isn't reached in time, the firm said.
—Matt Grossman, WSJ, 25 May 2023
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That vintage of Montana was coached by Bill Walsh to utilize a system which needed a quarterback who could think clearly under stress and distribute the ball to different offensive weapons.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
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When a tree is under stress due to heat or lack of water, the pores in its leaves get smaller to conserve moisture, and the lighter isotope (13C) is preferentially taken in and incorporated into the outer ring.
—Humberto Basilio, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2023
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Previously the Biden administration has tapped that reserve to replenish American stocks in Europe, under stress due to the war in Ukraine.
—Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
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The responses were that each generative AI app indicated yes, the passage suggested that the person is under stress.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
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