under stress
idiom
: dealing with something that causes worry or anxiety
I'm sorry for being grumpy. I've been under a lot of stress at work lately.
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Both sides of its dual mandate of stable prices and maximum employment are under stress, the likes of which has not been seen since the stagflation crisis of the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Employees often ask the same question more than once, especially under stress.
—Anant Agarwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The second category is security and safety films that are essentially laminates designed to hold glass together under stress.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Yet while traditional finance has been stress-tested for decades, crypto still lacks meaningful safeguards against the system collapsing under stress.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Employees often ask the same question more than once, especially under stress.
—Anant Agarwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The second category is security and safety films that are essentially laminates designed to hold glass together under stress.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Yet while traditional finance has been stress-tested for decades, crypto still lacks meaningful safeguards against the system collapsing under stress.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Under stress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20stress. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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