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
Verb
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Today, however, the opposite is true, and they are deliberately displayed as current fashion trends have brought to the surface what was once forced to be hidden.—
Teresa Romero Martínez,
Glamour,
31 May 2026
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Fueled by large stocks of critically dry vegetation and extreme winds, the fires killed 31 people, destroyed nearly 12,000 homes, and forced over 150,000 evacuations.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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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
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Torre, whose podcast recently won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting for coverage of the scandal, reported that Leonard wasn’t obligated to perform actions for payment and that the endorsement deal would end if Leonard was traded.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 June 2026
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In an earlier impact assessment, the state estimated that 5,700 would be obligated to do so.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
1 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 5 Jun. 2026.
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