as in aggressive
having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal
a high-pressure salesman who wouldn't take "no" for an answer "for a limited time only" and other standbys of high-pressure advertising
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as in to merchandise
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as in to threaten
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Recent Examples of high-pressure
Maria Conti, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
In this episode, Kauffman outlines her framework for sound decision-making in high-pressure situations.
—Harvard Business Review, 29 Jan. 2025
Emilia Benton, SELF, 15 Mar. 2023
Unlike existing portable desalination systems based on reverse osmosis, the MIT team’s prototype does not need any high-pressure pumping or maintenance by technicians.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
After two months, our enthusiasm for the mop attachment dissipated, but our love for the high-pressure nozzle did not.
—Maria Conti, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
In this episode, Kauffman outlines her framework for sound decision-making in high-pressure situations.
—Harvard Business Review, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
At the time, Cherington was working at a high-pressure job as an exercise physiology-and-physical-therapy assistant in the intensive care unit at a Boston hospital.
—Emilia Benton, SELF, 15 Mar. 2023
Unlike existing portable desalination systems based on reverse osmosis, the MIT team’s prototype does not need any high-pressure pumping or maintenance by technicians.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-pressure
Adjective
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Instead, her life was turned upside down last week after President Donald Trump’s administration began instituting mass layoffs as part of an aggressive effort to trim the federal workforce.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Beef, coffee and orange juice are among groceries with higher prices, but eggs are uniquely affected by the aggressive strain of avian flu, which has strained supply.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Two key factors distinguish this venture from previous merchandising efforts.—
Alexandra Andhov,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The brand then spent two years adjusting its original sizing, changing silhouettes and fits, and making the styling and merchandising more gender-fluid, to align with the feedback.—
Irina Grechko,
refinery29.com,
19 Sep. 2024
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He's promised to investigate people who get in the way of or threaten the DOGE team making cuts to federal agencies.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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Kelly faces felony charges of rape, second-degree domestic battery and first-degree terroristic threatening as well as misdemeanor counts of first-degree interfering with emergency communications and violation of a no-contact order, the report states.—
Grant Lancaster,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Harper Collins title follows Radhika, an ambitious New Yorker who turns to her grandmother’s 1960s love story – documented in an old diary – after getting dumped.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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But Gustin, even as No. 1 on the call sheet, did not ask that the Arrowverse press pause on the ambitious idea.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
11 Feb. 2025
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Liberty Media, the owner of Formula One, has been proactively marketing the sport in America, increasing its visibility through the organization of three annual races in major cities like Miami, Austin, and Las Vegas.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Valentine’s Day project was marketed as a body of work that would lean more into R&B and the ladies.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Veteran San Diego actor Rosina Reynolds is the cast standout in her icy, fierce and acerbic performance as the uncompromising Polly.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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Kyiv has often reported the fiercest clashes taking place in the oblast.—
Ellie Cook,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The 15-million-person region along the US-Mexico border, with cities such as San Diego; Tucson, Arizona; and El Paso, Texas, is rich in businesses from manufacturing and wholesaling trade to transportation and warehousing.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Another engine of growth was wholesaling to retailers like Nordstrom and REI, which bolstered Mr. Kudla’s vision of a brand that could exist alongside both fashion labels and outdoor gear.—
Max Berlinger,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Brush, by Eliana Hernández-Pachón, translated by Robin Myers The Brush is a book-length poem about people trapped and menaced by forces beyond their control.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2024
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But, in a shift, countries that have been close trading partners of the United States also saw their economies menaced.—
Annie Correal,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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