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
By then, the offense had gone 4-of-14 on third down and endured an interception under duress.
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Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Casually shedding the clichés it’s built upon, HBO‘s crime saga mounts a potent blend of cat-and-mouse chase, bleak family drama, and a character study of quite a few characters under extreme emotional duress.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
If the line cannot hold and Mahomes is under duress, the offense could struggle, especially with the upper-echelon AFC teams.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The junior running back stayed alert and saw senior quarterback Steven Armbruster under duress.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Casually shedding the clichés it’s built upon, HBO‘s crime saga mounts a potent blend of cat-and-mouse chase, bleak family drama, and a character study of quite a few characters under extreme emotional duress.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
If the line cannot hold and Mahomes is under duress, the offense could struggle, especially with the upper-echelon AFC teams.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The junior running back stayed alert and saw senior quarterback Steven Armbruster under duress.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duress
Noun
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In the Pacific, a trough of low pressure a few hundred miles off the coast of southwestern Mexico has a high chance of forming in the next 48 hours.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The budget pressures departments to have state employees return to their offices instead of working at home as many have done since the 2020 pandemic.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Forcing athletes to find new affordances within various constraints makes perception-action coupling more efficient.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Pros Leaf raking is quiet, so there are no time constraints; Collecting leaves manually not only avoids disturbing neighbors or wildlife, is also does not cause air pollution.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unlike others of his ilk, Dexter has honed his compulsion and focuses only on bad people in Miami who slip through the hands of justice.—
Barry Garron,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Castro’s talent lies in meticulously creating a realistic—and entertaining—portrait of one man’s compulsions, bringing individual texture to a curious social phenomenon.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is about sowing fear and intimidation and division among Americans.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Congressional Democrats panned the memo as an intimidation tactic.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Combs' case was particularly challenging, wading into the murky intersections of consent and coercion, celebrity, complex workplace dynamics and the myriad ways that people cope with trauma.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Without a requirement for an in person office visit to prevent coercion, Rosalie could be placed in the same position for future pregnancies.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Duress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duress. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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