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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
Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Notably, the new store is in Chengdu, rather than Shanghai, Beijing, or Guangzhou, offering an early signal of how the brand is flexing its China strategy at a time of heightened pressure on the luxury sector.
—Yiling Pan, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2026
Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Labor advocates counter that higher wages could reduce turnover, improve productivity, and help workers afford basic necessities as inflation continues to pressure household budgets.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Noun
With anti-lock-brakes, use firm, steady pressure and gently steer.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Notably, the new store is in Chengdu, rather than Shanghai, Beijing, or Guangzhou, offering an early signal of how the brand is flexing its China strategy at a time of heightened pressure on the luxury sector.
—Yiling Pan, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
Worries about that and pressured profit margins for companies meant the S&P 500 closed Tuesday with its worst loss for a quarter since the summer of 2022.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Labor advocates counter that higher wages could reduce turnover, improve productivity, and help workers afford basic necessities as inflation continues to pressure household budgets.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressure
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Just two weeks ago, Gary Woodland decided ot shared his struggles with post traumatic stress disorder, brought on after a September 2023 surgery, which involved a baseball-sized hole cut from the side of his head, to remove a brain lesion.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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And that might reduce the stress that leads to anger.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Some of these clouds could be thick enough to trigger launch constraints.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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While efforts to curb reliance on virgin synthetics have largely centered on recycled polyester, that approach has faced cost, feedstock and scaling constraints.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The other key will be avoiding turnovers, as South Carolina is forcing more than 18 per game.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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Soft, adjustable lighting, outdoor rain showers with peepholes framing the scenery, incredibly comfy poolside daybeds, super-crisp sheets, open-plan bathrooms with capacious closets—everything works, but nothing feels forced or superfluous.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Williams, an All-Star in 2025, has missed 27 games this season because of a right hamstring strain.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Even as prices rise, demand remains steady and drivers continue to feel the strain.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Christgau has 14,000 reviews and counting, and that’s his glory and his compulsion.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2026
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As the investigation twists and intensifies, Izzy is forced to confront her own compulsions and the personal cost of her pursuit of justice.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the mid-twentieth century, the US government experimented on poor Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, to understand the life-cycle of syphilis; the men were coerced into remaining in their study for decades despite the fact that the disease’s cure, penicillin, had been discovered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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And the folks for whom Live Nation is able to really coerce a lot of their economic opportunities, the venues that are afraid to get sideways with Live Nation.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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An intense search-and-rescue effort is underway for the second crew member of an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet that crashed in Iran amid escalating tension in the Middle East.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Starbucks’ $500 million turnaround effort and union tensions The coffee chain’s new pay perks come amid a $500 million turnaround effort and ongoing tensions with unionized workers.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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But my family also remembers the complexity of that time, stories of intimidation, families caught in the middle, because history is rarely simple.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The bill now requires the NYPD to form a plan for how to address and limit obstruction, intimidation and physical injury.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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