Examples of stressor in a Sentence
Credit card debt is a major stressor in her life.
Recent Examples on the Web
Inflation, rising interest rates, and student loan debt were just some of the stressors people pointed to in Empower's poll.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
While inflation has begun to ease, the year has brought additional financial stressors, such as the removal of people who were kept on Medicaid rolls during the pandemic and September’s resumption of student loan repayments.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Enlarge / Future impacts to US interests are uncertain given complex system interdependencies and interactions between stressors, capacities, and responses.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
Many physicians do not know whether or to what degree their patients are experiencing social stressors that affect their health.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
Illustration: Constance Tremlett Researchers are also trying to track animals that are responding to a complex set of overlapping environmental stressors.
—WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
Losing a job ranks as one of life’s biggest stressors.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
Other drivers of anxiety and depression on the survey included lacking skills or talents (44 percent), family stressors (43 percent), school gun violence (42 percent) and choice overload (40 percent).
—Katherine Reynolds Lewis, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
Most short-duration space flights take place on the shuttle, and launch itself is a huge stressor.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
While inflation has begun to ease, the year has brought additional financial stressors, such as the removal of people who were kept on Medicaid rolls during the pandemic and September’s resumption of student loan repayments.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Enlarge / Future impacts to US interests are uncertain given complex system interdependencies and interactions between stressors, capacities, and responses.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
Many physicians do not know whether or to what degree their patients are experiencing social stressors that affect their health.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
Illustration: Constance Tremlett Researchers are also trying to track animals that are responding to a complex set of overlapping environmental stressors.
—WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
Losing a job ranks as one of life’s biggest stressors.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
Other drivers of anxiety and depression on the survey included lacking skills or talents (44 percent), family stressors (43 percent), school gun violence (42 percent) and choice overload (40 percent).
—Katherine Reynolds Lewis, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
Most short-duration space flights take place on the shuttle, and launch itself is a huge stressor.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1950, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near stressor
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“Stressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stressor. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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