as in aggressive
having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal
a high-pressure salesman who wouldn't take "no" for an answer "for a limited time only" and other standbys of high-pressure advertising
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as in to merchandise
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as in to threaten
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Recent Examples of high-pressure
Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Robotic arms manage everything from sorting lemons to pasteurizing the juice with high-pressure technology.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025
Emilia Benton, SELF, 15 Mar. 2023
Unlike existing portable desalination systems based on reverse osmosis, the MIT team’s prototype does not need any high-pressure pumping or maintenance by technicians.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
These hot, dry, east-to-west winds caused by a high-pressure system are typical of the Santa Ana winds, which can afflict Southern California more than a dozen times per year.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Robotic arms manage everything from sorting lemons to pasteurizing the juice with high-pressure technology.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
At the time, Cherington was working at a high-pressure job as an exercise physiology-and-physical-therapy assistant in the intensive care unit at a Boston hospital.
—Emilia Benton, SELF, 15 Mar. 2023
Unlike existing portable desalination systems based on reverse osmosis, the MIT team’s prototype does not need any high-pressure pumping or maintenance by technicians.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-pressure
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An aggressive exterior, with more aero and venting, hints at the performance potential within.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Eight years later, polls show the president has more support in the country for aggressive limits on immigration, in part because of a surge in migrants crossing the southern border during much of Mr. Biden’s time in office.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The brand then spent two years adjusting its original sizing, changing silhouettes and fits, and making the styling and merchandising more gender-fluid, to align with the feedback.—
Irina Grechko,
refinery29.com,
19 Sep. 2024
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And while the league did improve its ratings and merchandising sales, it is still reportedly projected to lose money this year.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
23 Oct. 2024
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The vice president would not have been threatened with a hanging.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Dink Phipps: Convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers during the Capitol breach, including threatening and resisting officers.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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More ambitious scenarios, like the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario, envision cutting oil, coal, and gas use by at least 80% in just 25 years—an unprecedented feat.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Magaro plays the young, ambitious TV producer Geoffrey Mason, eager to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Sarsgaard).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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The crypto ETFs currently market in the U.S. track just bitcoin and ether or the futures contracts for those tokens.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the book industry, a new generation of publishers and agents is getting around foreign publishers entirely to put out books by local writers for local audiences in local markets, revolutionizing the way books are marketed and distributed.—
Abdi Latif Dahir,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Just one decade later, he's become one of Meta's fiercest competitors BYMarco Quiroz-Gutierrez January 15, 2025 7 hours ago Personal Finance A woman purchased a vacant Hawaiian lot for about $22,000.—
Chloe Berger,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2025
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Rubio was a fierce Trump critic during the contest for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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The company will also be looking to save millions in costs by creating a share services organization, pooling functions such as finance, supply chain, technology, wholesaling, human resources and legal.—
David Moin,
WWD,
8 Jan. 2025
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The pair are sticking with a direct-to-consumer approach and will not be wholesaling, choosing instead to home in on providing superior customer experiences in their retail destinations in London, New York and Los Angeles.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
23 Dec. 2024
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According to the filing, around 15-20 people armed with rifles and handguns kidnapped the pair on Dec. 16 and took them to a vacant apartment where they were tied up, questioned, robbed, assaulted and menaced.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
10 Jan. 2025
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At least five people have died, roughly 1,000 structures have been destroyed and tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate as multiple fires menace the L.A. area and encroach on its suburbs.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2025
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