as in forcing
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
Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Yet at the same time, many employers are pressuring teams to adopt artificial technology to boost productivity.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Israel says the assault is aimed at pressuring Hamas to surrender.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Jake is the prototypical masculine husband, constantly working out and pressuring Maddie to start a family.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
The tariffs also look to have driven up sticky inflation, with Trump pressuring Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut rates, in great part to get the housing market moving again.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Social media influencers are pressuring boys with harmful messages that equate masculinity with extreme muscle growth and testosterone use.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
Parents pressuring you to get married?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
The 50-day time frame was aimed at pressuring Putin to come to the table.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
Noun
Trump’s attempts to strongarm private companies such as tech giants, a string of law firms, and media companies, as well as pressuring higher education institutions, have created an unorthodox playbook that misaligns with conservatives’ traditional fears of government overreach.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Yet at the same time, many employers are pressuring teams to adopt artificial technology to boost productivity.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Israel says the assault is aimed at pressuring Hamas to surrender.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Jake is the prototypical masculine husband, constantly working out and pressuring Maddie to start a family.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
The tariffs also look to have driven up sticky inflation, with Trump pressuring Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut rates, in great part to get the housing market moving again.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Social media influencers are pressuring boys with harmful messages that equate masculinity with extreme muscle growth and testosterone use.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
Parents pressuring you to get married?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
The 50-day time frame was aimed at pressuring Putin to come to the table.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressuring
Verb
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The legislation will limit repayment options and cap borrowing limits for graduate students, including eliminating Graduate PLUS loans, forcing more students to apply for private loans or reconsider their education options.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The outbreak was forcing a shortage of eggs as well, leading some grocers to restrict how many dozens of eggs consumers could buy per visit.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Two initial votes against Johnson’s Speakership flipped under intense lobbying from the White House.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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Companies calculate their shrink rate based on a physical count of their inventory on hand, which most take once or twice a year, according to the National Retail Federation, a top lobbying group for the industry.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Pressuring or coercing someone into ending their life would be punishable by up to 14 years in prison.—
Alistair Smout,
USA TODAY,
29 Nov. 2024
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That same sentence will remain for anyone found guilty of tricking, pressuring or coercing someone into making the choice if the bill is ultimately passed.—
David Hodari,
NBC News,
29 Nov. 2024
Noun
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By generating comprehensive solutions with minimal prompting, ChatGPT-5 removes the need for these mental rehearsals, creating a skill gap between competence and performance.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Computer scientist Peter Burke has unveiled a robot that uses generative AI models to train its brain and host hardware, subject to proper prompting by handlers.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In season four, Mike’s control over Kingstown is threatened as new players compete to fill the power vacuum left in the Russians’ wake, compelling him to confront the resulting gang war and stop them from swallowing the town.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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This approach would have put unions on the defensive, compelling them to confront the state’s dire financial realities.—
Frank Ricci,
Hartford Courant,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Negotiation and influencing skills are critical capabilities that the candidates can highlight as a testament to their ability to navigate the organizational dynamics, maneuver tricky situations and secure buy-in from detractors, if any.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Yet somehow, in a medium of heavy copper, Fischl captures the lithe, swaying, physical vitality of Ashe, as well as the high-mindedness of the man who was so committed to social causes.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
30 Aug. 2025
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Bamboo basket boats swirl through the Bay Mau nipa palm forest—their skippers casting nets in the shade of swaying fronds.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Vance and his family reportedly stayed in a lavish Georgian manor owned by a light-bulb magnate, obliging me to ask whose bright idea that was.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Pressuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressuring. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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