stress test
noun
: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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The Liquid Retina display looks incredible, the 256GB of storage gives you actual breathing room, and the battery lasts all day without turning into a percentage countdown stress test.
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Juhi Wadia July 9, PC Magazine, 9 July 2025
Every 24 months—or after a 10% pullback from your latest portfolio peak—run a Monte Carlo analysis, a computerized probability stress test that models thousands of market paths from rate spikes to decade‑long 4% inflation.
—Andrew Whalen, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The Fed proposed several changes earlier this year to stress tests requirements following pushback from Wall Street executive after 2024′s more stringent rules.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Initial-stage cardiovascular abnormalities are often asymptomatic, and early detection generally depends on routine health checkups, electrocardiograms, stress tests, echocardiograms and blood tests.
—Ramsha Waseem, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
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Juhi Wadia July 9, PC Magazine, 9 July 2025
Every 24 months—or after a 10% pullback from your latest portfolio peak—run a Monte Carlo analysis, a computerized probability stress test that models thousands of market paths from rate spikes to decade‑long 4% inflation.
—Andrew Whalen, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The Fed proposed several changes earlier this year to stress tests requirements following pushback from Wall Street executive after 2024′s more stringent rules.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Initial-stage cardiovascular abnormalities are often asymptomatic, and early detection generally depends on routine health checkups, electrocardiograms, stress tests, echocardiograms and blood tests.
—Ramsha Waseem, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
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“Stress test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stress%20test. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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