browbeatings

plural of browbeating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browbeatings
Noun
  • Feeling the pressures of the world?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Under this view, human and plant species were entirely malleable, shaped profoundly by the pressures of the natural and artificial world around them.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The fundraising comes as analysts remain bullish on the outlook for AI memory chips, arguing that supply constraints in high-bandwidth memory are likely to persist for years as hyperscalers continue ramping up AI infrastructure spending.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 June 2026
  • Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington are included in the states opting out, with the majority citing budget constraints in their reasoning.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Two weeks ago, Lutnick invoked export control authorities to require Anthropic to shut off access to its two most capable systems, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, citing threats to national security.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 27 June 2026
  • The conflict over the past few months has increased war risk insurance costs for both maritime and aviation sectors, with insurers reassessing exposure due to missile threats, airspace closure, and other disruptions.
    Tiago Ventura, Time, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • For me, one of these compulsions ended up being using the tracking app.
    Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 22 May 2026
  • In a clinical setting, mental health experts call such actions compulsions – behaviors that feel impossible to resist – are fueled by obsessive thoughts and eventually begin to interfere with a person’s ability to lead a normal, healthy life.
    Jordyn Tovey, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • The year since has been one of night-terrors and grief for the families who lost loved ones.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • Coming later this year, Bass X Macina is set in a lawless Steampunk West overrun by brutal outlaws, machines and supernatural terrors, while Sparks of Tomorrow follows how technological progress evolved along a different path shaped by steam power blankets Kyoto in smoke.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Her recent work revives a dreamy Renaissance style to show its absurd incompatibility with the raging, petulant menaces in whom the world’s power is concentrated.
    Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • Our roads are concussion- and whiplash-inducing menaces.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Browbeatings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browbeatings. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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