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
Over time, Cancer will begin to feel neglected, while Aquarius feels pressured to show up in a way that isn’t like them.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Lawmakers have also pressured government agencies, particularly the Department of Defense, which coordinates medical care through the Defense Health Agency, to treat the victims more expeditiously and spend the money allocated by Congress for such efforts.
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Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Trump last year pressured leaders to agree to invest 5% of their GDP annually on defense by 2035.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
However, the stock also has been pressured by skepticism over its AI investments and whether this spending would generate meaningful near-term revenue.
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Harvey Stober,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
That was largely directed at Barcelona, who were perceived to have pressured the player into speaking publicly to try to force a situation which favours the Camp Nou outfit.
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Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
In the suit — which names CBS TV Studios, Matlock EPs Nicki Renna and Jeffrey Lieber as defendants, along with Urman — Lowe says he was pressured to take a dog of the showrunner’s with the implication that his job depended on it.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
In that imperative, distinctions between mediums and genres blur as we are pressured to translate our cultural production into that form of direct address.
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Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
Students in Honka's class complained to staff at the school in April 2024 that they were allegedly pressured to kiss during skits that were graded assignments.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Lawmakers have also pressured government agencies, particularly the Department of Defense, which coordinates medical care through the Defense Health Agency, to treat the victims more expeditiously and spend the money allocated by Congress for such efforts.
—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Trump last year pressured leaders to agree to invest 5% of their GDP annually on defense by 2035.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
However, the stock also has been pressured by skepticism over its AI investments and whether this spending would generate meaningful near-term revenue.
—
Harvey Stober,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
That was largely directed at Barcelona, who were perceived to have pressured the player into speaking publicly to try to force a situation which favours the Camp Nou outfit.
—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
In the suit — which names CBS TV Studios, Matlock EPs Nicki Renna and Jeffrey Lieber as defendants, along with Urman — Lowe says he was pressured to take a dog of the showrunner’s with the implication that his job depended on it.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
In that imperative, distinctions between mediums and genres blur as we are pressured to translate our cultural production into that form of direct address.
—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
Students in Honka's class complained to staff at the school in April 2024 that they were allegedly pressured to kiss during skits that were graded assignments.
—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured
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Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.
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In 1976, the Bicentennial followed the traumas of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that had forced President Richard Nixon's resignation.
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Iranian state television duly presented the agreement as proof that Iran had compelled America to accept its conditions, which helps explain the alarm in Israel and among Washington's hawks.
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In defense of the players, San Francisco Archdiocese spokesman Peter Marlow stated that people of faith should not be compelled to suppress their convictions in public life.
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The study was later shut down after an internal review confirmed that patients were coerced into participating.
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Weger later insisted he had been coerced into making the confession.
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Clients should understand whether the advisor is legally obligated to put their interests first, how conflicts are disclosed and whether recommendations are shaped by commissions, proprietary products or outside incentives.
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For example, a surviving joint account holder may remain responsible for paying the balance because they were already legally obligated on the account.
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You are not obliged to use AI for everything.
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His status as the game’s best secure, Messi lifted the trophy in a bisht that had been placed upon him — obliged to share his greatest triumph with the geopolitical forces that had brought the World Cup to the Middle East for the first time.
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“Pressured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressured. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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