Examples of stressor in a Sentence
Credit card debt is a major stressor in her life.
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According to the statement, radiation and microgravity were likely the chief stressors on the HSPCs, which were made up of four sets sent on SpaceX commercial resupply missions to the orbiting complex aboard the company's Dragon spacecraft.
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Endophytes enable plants to respond quickly to such stressors by expanding their genetic repertoire, according to a review by ecologist Christine Hawkes and colleagues.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Calf mortality rates naturally run around 50 percent in the first year, but environmental stressors have worsened these already difficult odds.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
As the team of scientists explained in their recent publication, variations in this index can reveal the influence of environmental stressors, disease, or pollutants.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Endophytes enable plants to respond quickly to such stressors by expanding their genetic repertoire, according to a review by ecologist Christine Hawkes and colleagues.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Calf mortality rates naturally run around 50 percent in the first year, but environmental stressors have worsened these already difficult odds.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
As the team of scientists explained in their recent publication, variations in this index can reveal the influence of environmental stressors, disease, or pollutants.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Stressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stressor. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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