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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However, a pair of hot inflation reports and the resulting rise in interest rates represent fresh risks for the market rally and requires investors to put their portfolios through a stress test.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 13 May 2026
The energy stress test needs to become a regular part of corporate risk management.
—Victor Nian, Fortune, 10 May 2026
But after realizing how powerful its latest update was, Anthropic moved to keep it from the public and turn it into a cybersecurity stress test.
—Julia Press, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026
Detroit should win this series handily, but watching the Pistons’ offense (particularly their outside shooting) get a stress test will be interesting.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 13 May 2026
The energy stress test needs to become a regular part of corporate risk management.
—Victor Nian, Fortune, 10 May 2026
But after realizing how powerful its latest update was, Anthropic moved to keep it from the public and turn it into a cybersecurity stress test.
—Julia Press, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026
Detroit should win this series handily, but watching the Pistons’ offense (particularly their outside shooting) get a stress test will be interesting.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Stress test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stress%20test. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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