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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 pressuring
Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
The wildcard for Cisco and many of its tech peers is the worldwide shortage of memory, which is pushing up costs and pressuring margins.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Meantime, major airline executives including those at Delta, United Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are pressuring Congress to end the shutdown and — in the longer term — enact new laws to effectively put TSA pay on autopilot.
—Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
High prices and likely shortages probably mean less fertilizer will be used this spring, cutting crop yields and further pressuring farm incomes.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
In essence, a way of pressuring the companies to act.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
That’s led Pennsylvania House Democrats to launch public campaigns aimed at pressuring him on key votes — and others to criticize him on social media.
—Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Australia has denied pressuring the women to stay or go.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Iranian strikes on commercial ships in and around the strait -- and even just the threat of attacks -- have slowed shipping to a trickle, dramatically increasing the price of oil and pressuring Washington to do something to ease the pain for consumers and the global economy.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
As the two wander around the museum—one pressuring, the other deflecting—the novel portrays their professed enmity as underscored by the force of attraction, even of love.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Prominent Jesuit High School alumni — including developers Angelo and Kyriakos Tsakopoulos — issued an open letter pressuring the school to reverse its decision to go co-ed in fall 2027.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
The wildcard for Cisco and many of its tech peers is the worldwide shortage of memory, which is pushing up costs and pressuring margins.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Meantime, major airline executives including those at Delta, United Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are pressuring Congress to end the shutdown and — in the longer term — enact new laws to effectively put TSA pay on autopilot.
—Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
High prices and likely shortages probably mean less fertilizer will be used this spring, cutting crop yields and further pressuring farm incomes.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
In essence, a way of pressuring the companies to act.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
That’s led Pennsylvania House Democrats to launch public campaigns aimed at pressuring him on key votes — and others to criticize him on social media.
—Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Australia has denied pressuring the women to stay or go.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Iranian strikes on commercial ships in and around the strait -- and even just the threat of attacks -- have slowed shipping to a trickle, dramatically increasing the price of oil and pressuring Washington to do something to ease the pain for consumers and the global economy.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressuring
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Fossil fuel political donations and lobbying have resulted in rich subsidies, making their products artificially cheap and tilting the competitive playing field to their advantage versus renewable energy.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Her sister, Emma, fought tirelessly for her release in September 2025, lobbying governments and taking bold actions to raise awareness.—
Jennifer Earl,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Heat did it by sitting in its zone defense for most of the night, slowing the 76ers and forcing them into 17 non-paint two-point shots.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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The decision drew immediate fire from El-Sayed's primary opponents and national Democratic figures, forcing a rare public reckoning over how far the party should go to recapture young men who abandoned it in record numbers in 2024.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Recently, her kids, ages 11 and 15, participated in a school walkout in protest of ICE without any prompting from her.—
Adrienne Farr,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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Without any prompting from leadership, there was much discussion in the hallways that Netflix made the right call to exert financial discipline and not get caught up in the hunt.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Meyers is also accused of coercing the 15-year-old into recording the high school’s wrestling team, the complaint alleges.—
Brittany Kubicko,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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Guevara and two colleagues, Mason and then-Detective Ernest Halvorson, orchestrated a frame-up by coercing one witness to identify Rios by beating him with a phone book and flashlight, and another by threatening to charge him with obstruction, according to the plaintiffs’ allegations.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Once dismissed as a side hustle or vanity career, social media influencing has rapidly evolved into one of the most lucrative—and measurable—jobs in the modern economy.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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We are faced with a next generation of AI-enabled influencing that is readily undertaken on a massive scale.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Justice Department initially said that its release, made in response to a law passed by Congress compelling the agency to disclose nearly all files related to Epstein, comprised more than 3 million pages.—
Elliott Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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City staff, however, expressed concerns about the request, compelling the recycling plant to instead propose a new shear in the same location as the current one and reducing the new shear's size.—
Jessie Christopher Smith,
Oklahoman,
24 Feb. 2026
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Tuesday night’s elections further showed the swaying power that Latinx voters can have.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The swaying of her rope made what was portrayed in the book even more vivid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The unions argue that carrying out permanent layoffs during a funding lapse violates the Antideficiency Act, which bars agencies from obligating funds without congressional authorization, and exceeds executive authority under the Administrative Procedure Act.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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This document, signed by a sponsor, is a legally enforceable contract obligating the sponsor to support the immigrant and prevent them from relying on public aid.—
Daniel Shoer Roth,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Pressuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressuring. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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