as in forced
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 pressured
The United States has recently pressured Latin American countries to crack down on cartels and gangs.
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CBS News, 3 June 2026
Financials were the worst-performing sector, as higher bond yields pressured rate-sensitive stocks and revived concerns about private credit.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Instead, the president pressured Polis to do so, lambasting him on social media and disinviting him to a White House meeting with other governors.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
His association with the Nazi regime, which some believe occurred only because he was pressured to play to secure the release of his mother from Auschwitz, forever tainted Wilimowski.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 June 2026
In Los Angeles, concerned parents last year formed a group, Schools Beyond Screens, and pressured the district by speaking out at school board meetings, on social media and in private talks with administrators.
—Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 26 May 2026
In Los Angeles, concerned parents last year formed a group, Schools Beyond Screens, and pressured the district by speaking out at school board meetings, on social media and in private talks with administrators.
—ABC News, 25 May 2026
The Broncos have pressured Mahomes more than any team over the last three years.
—Sam McDowell May 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Set in a fictional 21st-century constitutional monarchy, Perfect Crown follows Grand Prince Yi-An as he is pressured to marry to prevent a power struggle in the royal household.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
CBS News, 3 June 2026
Financials were the worst-performing sector, as higher bond yields pressured rate-sensitive stocks and revived concerns about private credit.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Instead, the president pressured Polis to do so, lambasting him on social media and disinviting him to a White House meeting with other governors.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
His association with the Nazi regime, which some believe occurred only because he was pressured to play to secure the release of his mother from Auschwitz, forever tainted Wilimowski.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 June 2026
In Los Angeles, concerned parents last year formed a group, Schools Beyond Screens, and pressured the district by speaking out at school board meetings, on social media and in private talks with administrators.
—Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 26 May 2026
In Los Angeles, concerned parents last year formed a group, Schools Beyond Screens, and pressured the district by speaking out at school board meetings, on social media and in private talks with administrators.
—ABC News, 25 May 2026
The Broncos have pressured Mahomes more than any team over the last three years.
—Sam McDowell May 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Set in a fictional 21st-century constitutional monarchy, Perfect Crown follows Grand Prince Yi-An as he is pressured to marry to prevent a power struggle in the royal household.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured
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The charging documents showed that Lunn restrained the victim in a bear hug, pinning her arms to her sides, and forced her to the ground behind a quad bench in an overgrown garden area.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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The disparity has forced Goldman into the awkward position of defending a seat he’s held for two terms by running, at least in part, as the outsider.—
Russell Berman,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
Verb
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As imperial forces traversed continents, the meanings and uses of these arrivals—whether people, plants, or ideologies— were actively negotiated and reshaped by the societies and environments compelled to contend with them.—
Sophia Rey,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2026
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Large pharmaceutical companies are structurally compelled to acquire.—
Marc Cooper,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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In the state of Arkansas, lawmakers worked across the aisle on a bold bill that categorizes kids recruited into gangs and coerced into committing crimes as victims.—
Ana Zamora,
Time,
3 June 2026
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The thoughtlessness with which this bride coerced you into subsidizing her wedding was stunning.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
Verb
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And not only is the government legally obligated to allow for comments on the rule, they are also obliged to respond.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
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The motion to dismiss, filed in March, argued that Redd wasn’t contractually obligated to perform.—
Melissa Goldin,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
Verb
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At the heart of Le Parc’s immersive, interactive and multi-sensory works was the viewer experience in contrast to art for a passive audience maintained at arm’s length and obliged to accept an artist’s propositions.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Even Lawrence’s admirers felt obliged to distance themselves from the novel.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Pressured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressured. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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