1
as in stresses
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 constraints
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 forces
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 pressures
Usa Today,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
The property tax rebellion is part of a broader push on both the right and left to give tax exemptions to seniors, workers who rely on tips, and the bottom 50% of the country to address cost-of-living pressures.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Choose to believe human development matters even when efficiency pressures say otherwise.
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Jennie Glazer,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
There was the coffee table scene, yes, and others, and so a fictive world began to grow out of truth, suggesting other characters, other narrative pressures, other landscapes.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Directed by Alice Winocour, the film follows an American filmmaker working during Paris Fashion Week who receives a life-altering breast cancer diagnosis, intertwining her story with those of a South Sudanese model and a makeup artist navigating their own pressures within the industry.
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Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
Iran is set to take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, allowing oil tankers to deliver crude from the Persian Gulf again and hopefully relieve inflationary pressures.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Financial pressures have forced widespread sacrifices, with 90 percent of participants altering their purchasing behavior due to rising costs.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
At the same time, many households are continuing to grapple with mounting financial pressures.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Allocation system pressures dealers.
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Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
18 June 2026
The subpoena effectively pressures the state’s three professional football teams — Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — not to apply the league’s diversity hiring practices for top jobs.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2026
This then pressures the Federal Reserve to finance the debt through monetary expansion, which causes inflation and drives up interest rates.
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Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
If someone pressures you to send money immediately, treat it as a warning sign.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Noah pressures her to choose him and accuses her of being a gold digger in the process.
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Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Businesses are either forced to absorb rising input costs, which pressures profit margins, or pass them through to clients, which adds to inflationary pressures.
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Paulina Likos,zev Fima,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond responded in a video posted on X, claiming the message effectively pressures candidates of color to end their gubernatorial bid.
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CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
External pressures are brewing as the Leo moon moves to clash with Mars.
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Usa Today,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
The property tax rebellion is part of a broader push on both the right and left to give tax exemptions to seniors, workers who rely on tips, and the bottom 50% of the country to address cost-of-living pressures.
—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Choose to believe human development matters even when efficiency pressures say otherwise.
—
Jennie Glazer,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
There was the coffee table scene, yes, and others, and so a fictive world began to grow out of truth, suggesting other characters, other narrative pressures, other landscapes.
—
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Directed by Alice Winocour, the film follows an American filmmaker working during Paris Fashion Week who receives a life-altering breast cancer diagnosis, intertwining her story with those of a South Sudanese model and a makeup artist navigating their own pressures within the industry.
—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
Iran is set to take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, allowing oil tankers to deliver crude from the Persian Gulf again and hopefully relieve inflationary pressures.
—
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Financial pressures have forced widespread sacrifices, with 90 percent of participants altering their purchasing behavior due to rising costs.
—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
At the same time, many households are continuing to grapple with mounting financial pressures.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Verb
An activist often pressures a board to focus more on costs, assets, and capital allocation.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Allocation system pressures dealers.
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Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
18 June 2026
The subpoena effectively pressures the state’s three professional football teams — Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — not to apply the league’s diversity hiring practices for top jobs.
—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2026
This then pressures the Federal Reserve to finance the debt through monetary expansion, which causes inflation and drives up interest rates.
—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
If someone pressures you to send money immediately, treat it as a warning sign.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Noah pressures her to choose him and accuses her of being a gold digger in the process.
—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Businesses are either forced to absorb rising input costs, which pressures profit margins, or pass them through to clients, which adds to inflationary pressures.
—
Paulina Likos,zev Fima,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond responded in a video posted on X, claiming the message effectively pressures candidates of color to end their gubernatorial bid.
—
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressures
Noun
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The Big 12 stresses that Judge Curry’s ruling pertains to the NCAA’s enforcement of an NCAA bylaw that is not at issue in the Big 12’s case.
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According to a new paper, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, accumulative stresses in the Earth’s crust in California are higher today than at any point over the last 1,000 years, raising concerns over the potential for a massive rupture in the Los Angeles region.
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The fundraising comes as analysts remain bullish on the outlook for AI memory chips, arguing that supply constraints in high-bandwidth memory are likely to persist for years as hyperscalers continue ramping up AI infrastructure spending.
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Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington are included in the states opting out, with the majority citing budget constraints in their reasoning.
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The mother-daughter owners of an Orlando preschool are licensed for 28 children but now enroll only 23 because of an ongoing teacher shortage that forces them to rely on substitutes, some hired through a new Uber-like app.
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Every awards season produces a movie that forces Hollywood to reconsider its own rules and bias.
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Other royal commentators have suggested that while tensions remain, the extent of any current disagreement between father and son has not been publicly confirmed.
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Shifting loyalties, complicated emotions, and unexpected challenges force their circle to confront difficult truths, as new opportunities and past tensions collide—raising the stakes and setting the stage for lasting consequences.
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For me, one of these compulsions ended up being using the tracking app.
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In a clinical setting, mental health experts call such actions compulsions – behaviors that feel impossible to resist – are fueled by obsessive thoughts and eventually begin to interfere with a person’s ability to lead a normal, healthy life.
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That started to change with the 2023 Right to Read law, which compels districts to use K-3 literacy curricula aligned with the science of reading.
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Ultimately, Dataland compels society to grapple with critical questions concerning memory, expression, and our evolving identity in the age of artificial intelligence.
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With the country cash-strapped, the Arab Spring of 2011 set off a wave of mass migration into Europe, which coincided with the widespread perception that the extra numbers were placing further strains on already creaking resources of jobs, housing and healthcare.
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Players might also take scissors to their socks as a solution to ward off cramping or reduce muscle strains and fatigue during a grueling 90-minute game.
Verb
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However, the rotation of this filament clearly dominates how the galaxies within it spin, perhaps by funneling hydrogen gas along the dark-matter filament and onto the galaxies in a way that coerces their spin while providing further fuel for star formation.
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Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor, coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.
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“Pressures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressures. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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