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
America’s colleges and universities are under duress.
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Paul Weinstein Jr, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Which is often a very place of extreme emotional duress.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 7 May 2025
Financial turmoil has both Trump and Powell under duress
Trump’s tariff campaign, announced earlier this month, continues to rattle global financial markets.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
For once, the duress was being felt down the hallway.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Paul Weinstein Jr, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Which is often a very place of extreme emotional duress.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 7 May 2025
Financial turmoil has both Trump and Powell under duress
Trump’s tariff campaign, announced earlier this month, continues to rattle global financial markets.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
For once, the duress was being felt down the hallway.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duress
Noun
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One of the ways that happened, Lam said, came in the form of U.S. political pressure on foreign governments or private industry to negotiate mutually beneficial agreements between Indigenous peoples and their governments.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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The budgetary pressures caused by $20.5 million in player compensation will cause schools to redirect all available cash.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
Noun
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The dating of ancient manuscripts is an extremely difficult problem, with sparse data and heavy constraints on access and expertise.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Adults who adopt this tactic are diagnosed with repetition compulsion.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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The compulsion to check emails late at night has diminished, and our company culture now fosters rest and recovery just as much as ambition and drive.—
Adam Stott,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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China’s use of economic coercion against South Korea has fueled such anti-Beijing attitudes in recent years.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 June 2025
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The hammer of government coercion is reserved exclusively for use on taxpayers.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
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“Duress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duress. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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