as in persistent
formal
using force or threats to make someone do something; using coercion
coercive measures
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Soar is one of the many creative schooling options that has emerged or expanded over the past several years, offering a less coercive, more personalized educational environment.
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Kerry McDonald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
By building a social and political movement that gave him coercive power over the Republican Party, Trump systematically demolished many of the nation’s long-standing norms, ushering in a cohort of lackeys who will enable his most autocratic impulses.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
Once a state carries out coercive actions, policymakers can announce their intent to avoid further escalation.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
The video features fragments of a text on extreme coercive tactics and is scored by songs by popular artists that were played for detainees at corrosive volume and on repeat by US troops as a method of torture.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Kerry McDonald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
By building a social and political movement that gave him coercive power over the Republican Party, Trump systematically demolished many of the nation’s long-standing norms, ushering in a cohort of lackeys who will enable his most autocratic impulses.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
Once a state carries out coercive actions, policymakers can announce their intent to avoid further escalation.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
The video features fragments of a text on extreme coercive tactics and is scored by songs by popular artists that were played for detainees at corrosive volume and on repeat by US troops as a method of torture.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Coercive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coercive. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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