high-pressuring

verb

present participle of high-pressure
1
as in dealing (in)

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2
as in threatening

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-pressuring
  1. marketing
  2. threatening
  3. merchandising
  4. terrorizing
  5. vending
  6. blackmailing
  7. menacing
  8. shaming
Verb
  • In addition to marketing its own brands in India, the company is investing in the market as well.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal reports that brands are now marketing retinol creams, neck moisturizers, red-light devices and other treatments specifically for tech-neck wrinkles.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of marketing
Verb
  • The two countries have been mired in deadlocked trade negotiations, have sparred over the US threatening sanctions over India’s purchase of oil from Russia, and are now at loggerheads over immigration.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Isaias strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane with 120-mph winds Friday, threatening a late-day landfall near the Alabama-Florida line as crews raced to finish preparations.
    — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of threatening
Verb
  • The Pacific Palisades store is sectioned out more into zones than the previous one; the company sat down with the buyers and visual merchandizing teams to be more strategic in allotment, whether carving out space for denim or The Row.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The merchandising giant Fanatics launched a 21+ prediction platform last year.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of merchandising
Verb
  • Since the beginning of July, Russian drones and missiles have been terrorizing Kyiv with exceptional intensity.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • On that day here at home, the country looked as if for the first time at every vulnerability, reorganizing local and state and federal government to do everything in our power to stop radical jihadists from terrorizing us again.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of terrorizing
Verb
  • The Real Competitive Advantage For years, vending operators competed via equipment, pricing and product selection.
    — Nick Cherkassky, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Everyone’s spread out with a respective mountain of vending-machine snacks in front of them, each taking their own moment to stare down Oleksa, when Joe takes the floor.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of vending
Verb
  • Earlier in the day, shoppers who use the company’s app started posting screenshots of a push alert that appeared to be an attempt at blackmailing the retailer.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The software might pursue options such as blackmailing its opponent or grabbing more compute time.
    — Deven Desai, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of blackmailing
Verb
  • The midterm elections are looming and the first hurricane of the Atlantic Season is menacing the Gulf Coast.
    — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Dennis Hopper won a Best Villain MTV Movie Award for menacing a bus in this film.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of menacing
Verb
  • History was made this week on Capitol Hill when a female senator womansplained sports to a male senator, and surprisingly, the gender-shaming reversal did not cause the universe to collapse on itself.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • There is no point in shaming yourself for taking the elevator.
    — James Davis, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaming
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