as in pressure
the use of power to impose one's will on another
complied with the order only under duress
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Recent Examples of duress
The three-minute video, also almost certainly filmed under duress, is the second proof-of-life video of Alexander since the war began 18 months ago.
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Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
On Saturday, the family of Edan Alexander, the last living American held in Gaza, responded to the release of a new video showing him speaking under duress.
—Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The Chinese detainee, who Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday was taken as a prisoner of war alongside a second Chinese national, was likely speaking under duress.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
And so that would amp up pressure for families who were struggling to make payments to lose that land under duress or to sell it under duress.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
On Saturday, the family of Edan Alexander, the last living American held in Gaza, responded to the release of a new video showing him speaking under duress.
—Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The Chinese detainee, who Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday was taken as a prisoner of war alongside a second Chinese national, was likely speaking under duress.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
And so that would amp up pressure for families who were struggling to make payments to lose that land under duress or to sell it under duress.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duress
Noun
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The Fed's most potent weapon against inflation is to ratchet up or maintain higher interest rates, because an increase in borrowing costs slows economic demand, which eases inflationary pressures.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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After wriggling away from pressure, Watkins’ strike deflected off Schar and past Nick Pope in goal.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Newcastle just don’t have the same depth quality-wise, which is largely down to the PSR (the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules) constraints of the past 18 months.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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That pivot involved epistemic uncertainty—consumer behavior, bandwidth constraints, and content rights.—
Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Every Wednesday, women in Iran would film videos of themselves walking unveiled, a peaceful protest against compulsion.—
Katrina Kaufman,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Creating collages is almost a compulsion, a way for Jarmusch to escape from the world and nestle into self-reflection.—
Renée Reizman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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What went cruelly overlooked was the larger effect of such coercion: lasting trauma for Schneider, whose outspokenness over the years about her experience typically went unnoticed.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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The latest findings add to a growing list of evidence of deeply rooted, widespread malpractice and coercion in what the commission called a mass exportation of children to meet foreign demand.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Duress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duress. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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