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as in stress
the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time
a business executive who works well under pressure
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as in constraint
the use of power to impose one's will on another
pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider
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as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
his father pressured him to go out for the swim team
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Recent Examples of pressure
Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
The weight loss drug boom is here, and even retailers like Walmart are starting to feel the pressure to compete.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
The sitting President, in his eighties and visibly declining, had to be pressured into leaving the ticket; the Party no longer offers a signature policy at the scale of Obamacare or even a Green New Deal.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Your kids are going through school and the pressure’s already going to be immense with kids saying things because your dad’s an actor.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
The weight loss drug boom is here, and even retailers like Walmart are starting to feel the pressure to compete.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
As has been well-documented by now, members of President Trump’s inner circle sought to pressure Fox to change its Arizona call.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
The sitting President, in his eighties and visibly declining, had to be pressured into leaving the ticket; the Party no longer offers a signature policy at the scale of Obamacare or even a Green New Deal.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressure
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The next step will be on establishing a cause-and-effect relationship between stress and belief systems.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Do yourself a solid, get a few, and take some of the stress out of holiday travel this season.Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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What would be most helpful during the holidays to alleviate stress, time constraints, family commitments and lack of time for self-care?Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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About 7% of HSE students take courses to train as nurses, medical technicians and welders but a much greater number, perhaps more than 20%-30%, can’t take the courses because of space and transportation constraints.John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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The United States warned Israel in October that it might be forced to curtail some of its crucial military support if Israel did not rapidly ramp up the amount of aid entering Gaza.Wafaa Shurafa and Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Liz is forced to reexamine her life as the boys’ friendship unravels in a fierce competition for her affection.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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When your water surpasses that threshold, and/or other bacteria strains are introduced to the mix—like when a water bottle goes uncleaned after a workout—water safety is called into question.Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
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Reddish was ruled out an hour before tipoff because of a right peroneal strain – irritation or inflammation in the tendons that run along the outside of a person’s ankle and foot.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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Lila is trying to destroy their relationship; his inability to resist women is something out of his control, a chronic compulsion, a disorder.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
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As for how any particular magical compulsion might develop?Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
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The answer is very simple: no buyer of Chrome would pay full price assuming a sale of it by Google in light of market knowledge that the sale would be coerced.John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Wood wrote that he was coerced into enticing members of Malcolm X's security team to commit crimes so they could be arrested days before the assassination.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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The retail giant's recent moves reflect this tension.Kiri Masters, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Though her story carries an active tension, in the film doesn’t do enough to show us the activism Taranom has spent most of her life participating in.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Israeli government insists that military force compelled those concessions—a claim Spencer echoes.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Rebecca Bakker, a registered nursing professor who lives near Grand Rapids, Michigan, had already decided against voting for Trump but has not felt compelled yet towards Harris or any third-party candidates.Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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