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
Leaders are being pressured to move faster, and do more with less, at the same time.
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Feon Ang, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Months later, Allen, a logging operator, admitted he had been pressured to testify falsely.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The stock market rebounded Wednesday after a lackluster Tuesday session, which was pressured by AI-stock valuation concerns.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
His mother told Israeli media he was allegedly pressured to convert to Islam in exchange for food.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Buffalo sacked Mahomes three times, and pressured him on numerous other dropbacks.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Taylor alleges she was pressured by Henry's wife into pleading guilty to the charge, and was made to write apology notes to Henry and the police as part of her probation.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The lawsuit claims the university pressured the adviser to control the paper's content and fired him in retaliation.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
Trump has also pressured countries into removing trade barriers that range from taxes on American beef and soybeans to car safety and local content requirements in Japan and Indonesia, according to the New York Times.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Feon Ang, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Months later, Allen, a logging operator, admitted he had been pressured to testify falsely.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The stock market rebounded Wednesday after a lackluster Tuesday session, which was pressured by AI-stock valuation concerns.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
His mother told Israeli media he was allegedly pressured to convert to Islam in exchange for food.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Buffalo sacked Mahomes three times, and pressured him on numerous other dropbacks.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Taylor alleges she was pressured by Henry's wife into pleading guilty to the charge, and was made to write apology notes to Henry and the police as part of her probation.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The lawsuit claims the university pressured the adviser to control the paper's content and fired him in retaliation.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
Trump has also pressured countries into removing trade barriers that range from taxes on American beef and soybeans to car safety and local content requirements in Japan and Indonesia, according to the New York Times.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured
Verb
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As a result, the government is now forced to sell even more oil on the black market at a discount to evade US government sanctions, one of the economists in Caracas told CNN.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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This was not the only notable injury on offense for the Packers in Week 9, as rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden was also forced to exit the game with a shoulder injury.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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He was extradited to Pennsylvania for questioning and when he was compelled to testify before a grand jury, Schrader invoked his Fifth Amendment right when asked about Carol Ann Dougherty's murder.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Parks' arrest, however, compelled her to want to do more.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Detectives even allegedly coerced Rosie into signing a document implicating Frank Jordano and his father, Iorlando Jordano.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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This is the real danger for the NBA—players who get coerced into trying to rig games.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This is the level of cuts in CAP water that Arizona originally proposed to take under most hydrological circumstances after 2027, unless farmers in western Arizona agree to take some of the burden off the CAP — which they are not obligated to do.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Evers cannot tap unspent federal funding from pandemic aid laws because all of that money has been obligated to other recipients, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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These were gangsters, so they weren’t obliged to couch this any way but direct.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Shaw-naé pushed for an in-person appointment, and the doctor obliged.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Pressured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressured. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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