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
  • The company has deliberately avoided marketing its tools to the general public.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 17 July 2026
  • States compete for people and business, and while Illinois chooses to hang its hat on its historical reputation, other states are marketing themselves as lower-cost alternatives that offer less red tape and less political dysfunction.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of marketing
Verb
  • The war has also affected fertilizer supplies and prices, threatening the planting season and worsening the fate of mostly farming communities in northern Nigeria who have struggled to access their farmlands amid a deadly conflict with armed groups.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • He was arrested again by Danbury police in March 2023 for violating a protective order, and in May 2023 for threatening and for violating a protective order, according to court records.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Definition of threatening
Verb
  • For Spisak, the reports weren’t replacing merchandising judgment.
    — Angela Chan-Danisi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • But mutual contempt was perhaps an even less promising foundation to build a country on than merchandising.
    — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of merchandising
Verb
  • Ahead of his final year at the prestigious Buckley School, Bret (Igby Rigney) is shaken up by a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory (Homer Gere), who arrives just as a serial killer called the Trawler is terrorizing LA.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 July 2026
  • Witt claimed that Golubski — who in 2024 faced trial for allegations including terrorizing and abusing Black women in KCK for decades before killing himself the day it was scheduled to begin — also abused her late cousin, Elaine Greene.
    — Sofi Zeman July 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Definition of terrorizing
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  • An employee of the restroom vending company found the deceased infant when conducting routine maintenance on the restrooms, ABC News' Grand Rapids affiliate WZZM 13 reported.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • At the center of the controversy is a sidewalk vending ordinance San Diego adopted in 2024 that also prohibited yoga classes of four or more people at shoreline beaches and parks without city permission.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of vending
Verb
  • But when a mysterious stranger begins blackmailing Neve, she is forced to compromise every legal, moral, and ethical obligation to gain an acquittal — or else risk her dark secrets being exposed.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 July 2026
  • Later, we’re treated to an electrifying scene of Dennis blackmailing a woman named Joyce Tercek in an elevator.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Definition of blackmailing
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  • Santiago was charged with menacing a police officer and criminal possession of a weapon.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Some argue that the only way to stop Iran from menacing the region and its people is to crush this regime.
    — Dennis Ross, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of menacing
Verb
  • Now people are using everything from workplace bans, apps and even old-fashioned public shaming to stop the casual surveillance.
    — Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 8 July 2026
  • Last year, a judge threw out the accusations of body shaming following a motion from Lizzo’s team that argued that events like the nude show outings were protected free speech as part of the creative process.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Definition of shaming
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