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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-pressured
Adjective
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Bringing that experience to the screen required intensive work with the film’s young leads, Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2026 -
When Indiana decided to build a water-intensive tech park in Lebanon — a city unable to provide the resource itself — the question of how the area would get water was inevitable.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
12 Jan. 2026
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Opioids and benzodiazepines are the most obvious examples of drugs that at first seemed — and were marketed as — totally harmless treatments, only to carry massive social and personal consequences once prescribed to millions.—
Thomas Goetz,
STAT,
8 Jan. 2026
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Musk has marketed Grok as more fun and irreverent than other chatbots, taking pride in X being a place for free speech.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Plaintiffs allege Pepsi monitored competitors’ retail pricing and took corrective action whenever Walmart’s price advantage was threatened.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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The radical republic that replaced it bore little resemblance to the partner of 1778, having descended into chaos, executions, and ideological extremism that threatened neighboring states.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Show producers in the documentary remember that things got so intense behind the scenes that the shows would even steal guests from each other, going to the hotels where guests stayed during filming to poach them.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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But the process of going through permits and working with the restoration company was intense.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In-store, the line will be merchandised across the young adult floor pad for its fashion and sportswear, with intimates and sleep living on the intimates and sleepwear floor pad.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
7 Jan. 2026
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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
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Court documents report the girl was terrorized when 44-year-old Summers wrapped both arms around her and refused to let go.—
Mark Price
January 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Jan. 2026
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Their blue line is huge and imposing with Radim Mrtka (BUF), Max Psenicka (UTA) and particularly Jiricek, who terrorized opponents all tournament, while the smaller Galvas competed well while making a ton of plays.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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What’s more, demand for dupe products is highly concentrated at the top to just a handful of prestige brands, data from Fresha shows.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Assistant Scientist Kate Laemmle, who was one of the observers aboard the plane, noted the high number of these social groups in such a concentrated area.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Sextortion, a scheme where victims are deceived into sending online perpetrators explicit images and then blackmailed in exchange for money or additional graphic content, has affected thousands of teens in recent years and led to multiple suicide deaths.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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However, prosecutors portrayed Homolka as a battered wife who was beaten and blackmailed into aiding Bernardo, per the Associated Press.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
1 Dec. 2025
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“High-pressured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-pressured. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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