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verb

past tense of force

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Recent Examples of forced
Adjective
The wealth from coffee and sugar attained by the white ruling class depended on the forced labor of 500,000 enslaved people. Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024 If so, that will require buying Maye time against edge-rushers Gregory Rousseau and A.J. Epenesa, who have combined for 12.5 sacks, 32 QB hits and four forced fumbles this year. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2024 Amid student accusations of forced and unpaid labor at Olivet University, which is headquartered in the high-desert town of Anza, Calif., school leaders tried to protect the university’s fate against state regulators’ attempts to revoke its license. Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024 Could the members have, in their forced retirement, seen their megahit as bearing a new meaning: Success, come back? Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for forced 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forced
Adjective
  • Each landing and takeoff also brings an airplane closer to expensive and required maintenance based on cycles.
    Doug Gollan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • There is no required fitness level or fancy equipment needed to get started.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Proponents of this theory point to Kennedy's strained relationship with the CIA after the Bay of Pigs blunder, as well as differences over how the U.S. should have approached Vietnam.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • On top of all of this, Sirianni reportedly had a strained relationship with quarterback Jalen Hurts, something the two tried to hash out during the team’s bye week this season.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Many players are unwilling to move, and a combination of a compressed timeline and acute needs can lead to overpaying.
    James McNicholas, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • ByteDance is said to be unwilling to part ways with its powerful proprietary algorithms.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The bipartisan vote for release marks a significant shift, as Republicans in the full House had previously blocked two Democratic resolutions that would have compelled the report's release.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Without China making the first move, Chinese firms will be compelled by genuine market forces rather than often heavy-handed and inefficient state mandates to realize Xi’s vision.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Months later, the Department of Justice concluded that five Texas juvenile detention centers violated children's constitutional and civil rights.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the commission, by approving the plans, has violated their fundamental rights.
    Amy Green, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • These journalistic impulses appear compulsory and hastily satisfied; the earlier, eventless reality TV sheen seems a haven of human insight by comparison.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • They are rooted in decisions made a century ago, when southern leaders—even before India’s independence—began passing progressive reforms including compulsory education for both sexes, women’s right to vote and hold office, and affirmative action for members of historically disadvantaged castes.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • One person that many pay attention to is Mel Kiper, who has been a mock draft extraordinaire for decades.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The following scenes are set in that show and tell the ogre's story through life-size wooden puppets complete with mock strings attached to their arms.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The jury did not find, however, that Carroll was raped.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The woman, who filed her lawsuit under the name Jane Doe, alleged she was raped after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty 24 years ago.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024

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“Forced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forced. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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