as in pressure
the use of power to impose one's will on another
a promise obtained by coercion is never binding
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Recent Examples of coercion
Now, smartphone threat intelligence experts have warned that users of both Android and iOS devices are doing one thing, without any need for malicious coercion, that makes their smartphones 250 times more likely to be compromised by hackers.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Burt’s operation involved violence and coercion across several states, prosecutors say.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
This need was disturbingly precipitated by highly visible efforts of Southern segregationists to impede — by violence, coercion and otherwise — the ability of Black citizens to register to vote.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
If users fail to meet repayment demands, the operators weaponize their information by harassing them, blackmailing them with threats of leaking private photos or contacting their friends and family, and creating a climate of fear and coercion.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Burt’s operation involved violence and coercion across several states, prosecutors say.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
This need was disturbingly precipitated by highly visible efforts of Southern segregationists to impede — by violence, coercion and otherwise — the ability of Black citizens to register to vote.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
If users fail to meet repayment demands, the operators weaponize their information by harassing them, blackmailing them with threats of leaking private photos or contacting their friends and family, and creating a climate of fear and coercion.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coercion
Noun
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As privacy changes reshape digital advertising and economic pressures demand greater efficiency, the cost of fragmented analysis is becoming impossible to ignore.—
Cody Greco,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But there must have been a pressure, or at least the possibility, of staying on tour for a whole ‘nother year, if not longer, knowing the demand for it was there and then some.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, frontline institutions are facing severe resource constraints: The World Food Programme is facing an $8.1 billion shortfall leading to the closure of its Southern Africa office, and slashed rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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That’s partly due to the constraints of the U.S. health care system.—
Eleanor Rivera,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
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Creating collages is almost a compulsion, a way for Jarmusch to escape from the world and nestle into self-reflection.—
Renée Reizman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The exchange between artist and patron, however, becomes corrosive, a tumultuous dynamic fueled by Van Buren’s megalomania and Tóth’s creative compulsion.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2025
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One where the memories are as much of romance as violence, as based around out-of-pocket jokes as tears.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Mar. 2025
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That the specific task at hand in Warfare is so vague is a good reminder that though this happened 20 years ago, there are people right now who have been ordered to enforce political will with violence, and this savagery will likely repeat for all time.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Coercion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coercion. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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