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as in pressure
the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time
with a full-time job and her college courses, the young woman is under a lot of stress right now
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as in emphasis
a special notice or importance given to something
the company's orientation program places considerable stress on workplace safety
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as in to worry
to experience concern or anxiety
the restaurant manager has a tendency to stress about every little thing that goes wrong
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as in to emphasize
to make more apparent
his bad performance only stressed what I'd been saying all along
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as in to highlight
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
the doctor stressed the importance of exercise
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Recent Examples of stress
Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 12 May 2025
Older people more at risk Workplace standards can only do so much, since many victims of heat stress may not be on the job – in fact, half of the fatalities from last year were of people aged 65 years and older.
—Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
President Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff recently stressed that Iran cannot have an enrichment program during an interview with Breitbart News prior to Sunday’s bargaining session.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
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Noun
The issue is the biggest concern among small business owners, with 52 percent calling it their biggest source of financial stress, and 24 percent citing rising costs as the most pressing risk to their livelihoods, followed by weakening consumer demand (18 percent).
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 12 May 2025
Older people more at risk Workplace standards can only do so much, since many victims of heat stress may not be on the job – in fact, half of the fatalities from last year were of people aged 65 years and older.
—Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
Verb
The next few such benchmarks stress the CPU, using all available cores and threads to rate a PC's suitability for processor-intensive workloads.
—PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
President Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff recently stressed that Iran cannot have an enrichment program during an interview with Breitbart News prior to Sunday’s bargaining session.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stress
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Add to that the pressures of career, family, caretaking responsibilities, financial stress — and midlife can be a roller coaster of uncertainty and stress.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
15 May 2025
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For Black women, these pressures are often doubled.—
Stephanie Long,
Essence,
15 May 2025
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The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, led by its chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), held an event focused on expanding access to charter schools, with an emphasis on how Congress and the Education Department plan to ensure the schools have sufficient facilities and capital.—
Elaine Mallon,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2025
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It’s not lost on them that their specialty has come to represent something increasingly rare: an actual craft with an emphasis on real-world tactility in a moment when digital spurts of blood are becoming the norm.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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One thing Salmon didn’t have to worry about before Monday’s game was having support.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Given the historical biases in hiring practices, many job seekers worry that AI might perpetuate or even amplify these biases.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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As the president of World-Voices Organization, Washington also emphasizes the significance of community, especially at a time when many voice actors and creatives feel isolated or vulnerable.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Policies to incentivize capital investment in the U.S. shipbuilding industry, and grow the workforce, should be emphasized in the near term.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Seven years later, Meghan marked her seventh anniversary with Harry by sharing a collage of previously unseen personal photos highlighting milestones throughout their relationship, including a wedding portrait by Lubomirski.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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The Cubs swept the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-4 and 11-2. 1978 — Willie Stargell hit a 535-foot homer off Montreal’s Wayne Twitchell — the longest home run in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium — to highlight the Pirates’ 6-0 victory.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The highly common herpes strain, also called varicella-zoster virus (VZV), can cause chickenpox in childhood and later develop into shingles in older or immuno-compromised adults.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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Their love was tested when a major project presented unforeseen difficulties, causing stress and strain.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Meanwhile, 6-5 forward Falstaff Hawkins might have caused eyes to roll by his singular focus on scoring.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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The focus will be on who held the power in the relationship.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2025
Verb
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Rising protectionism fueled by a populist backlash to globalization, a post-pandemic push for economic security reinforced by the shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and, above all, intensifying U.S.-Chinese strategic rivalry converged to shatter the illusion of a global tech ecosystem.—
Ian Bremmer,
Foreign Affairs,
13 May 2025
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When financial literacy and empowerment are neglected, wealth-building opportunities slip through the cracks, reinforcing the cycle of instability.—
Shay Levister,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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“Stress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stress. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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