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
Hostile intelligence services are likely already at work trying to assess which Musk team members might be sloppy with their digital devices or vulnerable to entrapment or coercion.
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James Goldgeier, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
Labor trafficking forces someone to work against their will through force, fraud or coercion.
—Kendall Larson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Because whatever was happening behind the scenes—whether control, coercion, or complicity—what played out in public was something else: a spectacle designed to dominate the conversation.
—Jessie Candlin, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Nevertheless, the disconcertingly exuberant Miliband exudes the confidence of a Soviet central planner of the high Stalinist era, convinced that determination, coercion, and the arc of history will overcome
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—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 3 Feb. 2025
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James Goldgeier, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
Labor trafficking forces someone to work against their will through force, fraud or coercion.
—Kendall Larson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Because whatever was happening behind the scenes—whether control, coercion, or complicity—what played out in public was something else: a spectacle designed to dominate the conversation.
—Jessie Candlin, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Nevertheless, the disconcertingly exuberant Miliband exudes the confidence of a Soviet central planner of the high Stalinist era, convinced that determination, coercion, and the arc of history will overcome
...
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coercion
Noun
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As for their rematch, the end of May is just over two months away which puts a lot of pressure on the WBA to handle logistics and promote the fight.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Shares of Target and Best Buy fell after the retailers warned of pressure on sales and higher prices for consumers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Food insecurity creates a combination of issues, from financial constraints, lack of access to affordable nutritious food, social and emotional stress, and affects the academic performance of college students, according to Talamantes.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2025
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The main countermeasure is mortar fire, which is cheap and mobile—again, not a serious constraint that requires around-the-clock shifts in Russian factories.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
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Gondry expands his eclectic filmography with this rejuvenating fantasia, revealing another facet of his creativity (and confessing a certain compulsion; when Maya declines to provide a title for a next short, his reaction is priceless).—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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Overcoming the compulsions, the siren’s call, the lowest-common-denominator, tabloid, casino effect of everything in a very competitive attention environment where we’re driven toward the lowest common denominator.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
1 Feb. 2025
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Body camera footage of officers beating Brooks while his hands are cuffed behind him lead to intense criticism over the violence in the state’s prison system at the hands of corrections officers.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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Committing acts of intentional violence in an international airport is a federal crime, per the U.S. Department of Justice, punishable with a fine of up to $250,000 and 20 years in prison.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Coercion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coercion. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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