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
Flights will continue to take off, but the aviation sector will be under duress and that means most likely some delays and cancellations.
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Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Let’s accept that OpenAI’s 700 million weekly users, four times the amount of last year, aren’t going there under duress.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Bo Nix has been the worst starting quarterback in the NFL when under duress — at least, by the numbers — through three games this season.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
That is the time to create, not under duress when the risk soars disproportionately to the rewards.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Let’s accept that OpenAI’s 700 million weekly users, four times the amount of last year, aren’t going there under duress.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Bo Nix has been the worst starting quarterback in the NFL when under duress — at least, by the numbers — through three games this season.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
That is the time to create, not under duress when the risk soars disproportionately to the rewards.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duress
Noun
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Hold for 30-60 seconds, focusing on keeping pressure in the midfoot and the knee aligned with your toes.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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There's certainly already a lot of pressure on the series adaptation.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Given a series of intra-quarter checks around build rates and promotional activity that suggested strong demand, constraints appear have pushed some sale into the Dec qtr with the company expecting iPhone rev to be up ‘double-digits’ with constraints spilling into the Dec qtr as well.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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The hope is that, armed with new technology, that decline of foreign aid serves a rallying call that compels African countries to forge their own paths, free from the constraints of aid dependency and external policy pressures.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But now, having reined in his recklessness and compulsion to constantly create and force plays, the Patriots have developed an elite prospect into a promising pro passer.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Where does this compulsion stem from?—
Nina Mesfin,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And with the 2026 midterms looming, some experts worry Guard troops could even be used as a tool of systemic voter suppression and intimidation.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Church members reported an uptick in harassment and intimidation.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Ventura maintained in her testimony that at times she was made to attend these events via coercion and blackmail, claims Combs has denied and was not found guilty of during his trial.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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Takaichi, a longtime China hawk, has criticized Beijing’s military expansion and economic coercion for years.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Duress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duress. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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