as in unwilling
not made or done willingly or by choice
coerced participation that couldn't last
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as in forced
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
was coerced into signing the document
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Recent Examples of coerced
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Like Netflix's popular 2015 docuseries Making a Murderer, The Yogurt Shop Murders explores unethical interrogation tactics used by law enforcement and questions of coerced confessions.
—EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
In a case before the Supreme Court last year, the justices unanimously found that the gun group’s First Amendment rights were violated when New York state officials coerced private companies into blacklisting it.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
The mother of a 15-year-old boy who died by suicide is suing Roblox and Discord over his death, alleging her son was groomed and coerced to send explicit images on the apps.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Investigators allege that Hernandez coerced at least five minors into participating in the production of child pornography on at least seven occasions, consistent with the seven charges.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Anyone with a relevant lead will connect the dots without feeling coerced.
—John Palinkas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Abusers and traffickers are exploiting this lack of oversight—leaving women coerced, deceived, and sometimes poisoned.
—Christa Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Winters writes that this initial system of coerced labor didn’t go very well for the elites.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Like Netflix's popular 2015 docuseries Making a Murderer, The Yogurt Shop Murders explores unethical interrogation tactics used by law enforcement and questions of coerced confessions.
—EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
An investigation was launched after victims at Fieldstone Middle School reported to their school resource officer and school administrators that they were being coerced online.
—Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
In a case before the Supreme Court last year, the justices unanimously found that the gun group’s First Amendment rights were violated when New York state officials coerced private companies into blacklisting it.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
The mother of a 15-year-old boy who died by suicide is suing Roblox and Discord over his death, alleging her son was groomed and coerced to send explicit images on the apps.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Investigators allege that Hernandez coerced at least five minors into participating in the production of child pornography on at least seven occasions, consistent with the seven charges.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Anyone with a relevant lead will connect the dots without feeling coerced.
—John Palinkas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Abusers and traffickers are exploiting this lack of oversight—leaving women coerced, deceived, and sometimes poisoned.
—Christa Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coerced
Adjective
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Indeed, the answer to the question Alan Sparks raised about what happens to all of the money flowing through the county government is one that even local authorities are unable, or unwilling, to answer.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Anybody, whether on the left or the right, who is unwilling to accept the possibility that their own views may be wrong, has no more than a shallow commitment to freedom of opinion and expression.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jacksonville forced San Francisco to turn the ball over four times.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The veteran guard has joined a new team in August in three of the last four seasons and after training camp in the fourth, she was forced to adapt to a different set of teammates and plays in a hurry.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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My photos from Sleepwalking are spontaneous, and coincidence is very important to keep my curiosity alive and to look out for narratives.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Harlem Renaissance was filled with poetry and song—and with performance, as enshrined in Greaves’s footage which features many spontaneous, thrillingly theatrical recitations of poems by Bontemps, Hughes, Cullen, and McKay.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Drivers were asked to describe their aggressive behaviors, situations that compelled aggressive driving, emotions felt, coping strategies and road rage experiences.—
Stuart Dyos,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Bianca felt compelled to share footage of her experience after seeing other parents express similar frustrations on social media.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her death appears accidental, according to preliminary information from police.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
23 Sep. 2025
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The name was an accidental misspelling of googol, a term coined by a mathematician’s young son to describe a 1 with 100 zeros after it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The bulk of the crowd fell quiet as those closest to the sign obliged.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
24 Sep. 2025
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Investors who obtain the visa aren’t obliged to reside in Greece.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, a driver is not legally obligated to submit to a field sobriety test, pre-arrest test or cheek swab at a DUI checkpoint, according to the Law Offices of Grech and Parker in Riverside.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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However, in its news release, NASA said it is no longer obligated to a specific number of resupply missions.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Coerced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coerced. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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