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Recent Examples of coercion Nevertheless, Turley warns in his opinion column, any financial sanctions must be careful not to cross the line into coercion, which the Court has previously cautioned against. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024 Other opponents, including Michael Shanks, a member of Parliament, believe the bill in its current form isn’t tight enough to prevent possible coercion or other risks for patients. Callie Patteson, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024 Additional allegations against Combs involve the use of firearms, threats and coercion as part of a criminal enterprise spanning decades. Liam Quinn, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024 The criminal complaints for assaulting, disobeying and grave coercion against police authorities were filed against the vice president and her security staff and other aides before state prosecutors, a police statement said. Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for coercion 
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Noun
  • The pressure to change usually stems from dissatisfaction.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • For years, Amazon has faced accusations that the pressure the company puts on its warehouse workers to work more quickly has led to higher rates of injuries.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The issues extend beyond mere resource constraints: • Runaway Costs: Training and deploying advanced AI models can cost tens of millions of dollars per model, with operational expenses compounding as model usage scales.
    Aparna Prabhakar, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In the tech industry, however, productivity has no such constraints, especially at large companies.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In contrast, researchers suggest that obsessive passion occurs when an individual becomes driven to the point of compulsion, relying solely on their passion to fulfill their emotional and psychological needs.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Scrabble is Phillips’s obsession, a not-necessarily-healthy replacement for alcohol addiction, a compulsion that holds a hint of shame.
    Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Editor’s note: This story contains graphic and disturbing descriptions of violence.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In this location, there is a layering of histories of violence coupled with limited resources.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024

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“Coercion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coercion. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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