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as in stress
the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time
a business executive who works well under pressure
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as in constraint
the use of power to impose one's will on another
pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider
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as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
his father pressured him to go out for the swim team
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Recent Examples of pressure
Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 June 2025
The budgetary pressures caused by $20.5 million in player compensation will cause schools to redirect all available cash.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Trump officials have repeatedly raised the stakes and sought new fronts to pressure Harvard, cutting more than $2.6 billion in research grants and moving to end all federal contracts with the university.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Noun
Another dependable starter would fortify their group and could lessen the pressure on Will Warren, and relying on Luis Gil to return to form after missing the entirety of the season so far with a lat injury.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 June 2025
The budgetary pressures caused by $20.5 million in player compensation will cause schools to redirect all available cash.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
Verb
Trump has used the ECB’s recent rate cuts as a cudgel with which to pressure Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Trump officials have repeatedly raised the stakes and sought new fronts to pressure Harvard, cutting more than $2.6 billion in research grants and moving to end all federal contracts with the university.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressure
Noun
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To argue for using deep-sea mining to solve the climate crisis is like smoking to lower your stress.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
5 June 2025
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Here are some tips for both stress and sleep:1617 Try relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing, biofeedback, progressive muscle relaxation, yoga, and meditation.—
Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
5 June 2025
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The dating of ancient manuscripts is an extremely difficult problem, with sparse data and heavy constraints on access and expertise.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 June 2025
Verb
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Despite Anna’s meticulous preparations, her intent to force confessions from the passengers and deliver them directly to authorities is immediately derailed when just hours into the trip one of her guests is murdered.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Whether that’s a trial site, a community center or the patient’s workplace, this model removes friction from both ends: Participants aren’t forced to travel, and sponsors don’t have to wait for overwhelmed sites to come online.—
Sonali Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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This distorted, ultra-abrasive strain of plugg isn’t the first underground rap subgenre to be taken over by cornballs with little interest in the actual scene.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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In the last decade or so, the prevalent strain is fighters not merely driven by their fathers but actually trained by them.—
Mark Kriegel
June 4,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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Adults who adopt this tactic are diagnosed with repetition compulsion.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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The compulsion to check emails late at night has diminished, and our company culture now fosters rest and recovery just as much as ambition and drive.—
Adam Stott,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Defense attorneys for the juvenile defendants, Matthew Niemiec and Mark Grier, said the suspects were coerced into the alleged crime.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2025
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Scammers often ask for money or coerce their victims into performing harmful acts.—
Nicole Valdes,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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While the Marines are expected to avoid direct engagement with demonstrators, the symbolism of active-duty troops patrolling the streets of Los Angeles has reignited deep political tensions and legal debates over the limits of federal power.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 June 2025
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Given the state’s history, a lot of tension will arise if uranium mining is allowed to resume in New Mexico.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In a conversation with Harvard Business School, Sam Altman observes that the rise of AI will compel us to rethink jobs and society.—
Arafat Kabir,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The growth indicates that viewers felt compelled to watch sooner rather than later in order to participate in the public discourse about the show.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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“Pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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