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high-pressured

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verb

past tense of high-pressure

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-pressured
Adjective
  • Between 2022 and 2023, a team from Arkeologerna conducted an intensive investigation in the southernmost area of the former city.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The orbiters are expected to linger in a holding pattern before heading for Mars next year when the red planet is better aligned for a less fuel-intensive journey.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Although marketed as unlimited data, speeds can be deprioritized during peak congestion.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The property also marketed itself as a venue for weddings and events, which helped streamline planning.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • When people see concrete evidence that leadership is investing in their capability–and not just deploying technology for its own sake–they’ll shift from feeling threatened to feeling empowered.
    Feon Ang, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • English became a buffer, a soft curtain between myself and the memories that threatened to undo me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Gas and dust fall into a rotating disk around the black hole, and as the debris spirals more rapidly, it becomes superheated, releasing intense radiation.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • True Ipomea batatas has bright orange flesh (although modern varieties have much more intense colors than older forms), occasionally white and rarely purple.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The assortment entails one-of-a-kind evening jackets rendered in upcycled vintage kimonos, tuxedo pants and silk shirts, and are being merchandised on a rolling basis.
    James Manso, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
  • If products are merchandised poorly, no one will want to purchase it and money will not circle back to fisheries and the Alaskan economy could suffer.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gossip Girl centered around a group of wealthy high school students who are being terrorized by a mysterious and vicious blogger (who was voiced by Kristen Bell) who mercilessly spills all of their secrets.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Security analyst Nnamdi Obasi, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group think tank, explained that while extremist groups have wreaked havoc against both Christians and Muslims in the northeast of Nigeria, bandit groups have terrorized predominantly Muslim communities in the northwest.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • One pump really does go a long way, thanks to its concentrated formula.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Luria and Kerrisdale both cite CoreWeave’s highly concentrated customer base as another potential peril—a reality that CoreWeave itself acknowledged in its last earnings report.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The bill was inspired by a Wisconsin teen who died by suicide after being blackmailed.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • These teen boys were blackmailed online.
    Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
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“High-pressured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-pressured. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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