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verb

past tense of high-pressure

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-pressured
Adjective
  • Although Altman didn’t explicitly say why the company is losing money, running AI models is very cost intensive, requiring investments in data centers and electricity to provide the necessary computing power.
    Tharin Pillay, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
  • At present, nitrogen fixation—the chemical process required to produce ammonia from nitrogen gas—is hugely energy intensive, accounting for as much as two percent of the world’s annual energy budget.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Barbie was marketed with various careers designed to show that women can take on a variety of roles in life, such as astronaut and doctor.
    Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Teddy Bear, velocipedes, and the Erector Set was first marketed in 1913, as a toy that could be put together as one thing, taken apart and built into something else.
    Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Of the 24 species of scrub mints known today, over half are listed as threatened or endangered at either the state or federal level.
    Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Hezbollah, which was severely diminished during nearly 14 months of war, has threatened to resume fighting if Israel does not fully withdraw its forces by the 60-day deadline.
    Abby Sewell and Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In 2021, a storm killed over 240 people and left millions of residents without power sparking intense backlash for ERCOT.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Flames were pushed by intense wind gusts that officials had warned could fuel any spark into a fast-moving and erratic wildfire.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • After achieving a conviction in a brutal triple homicide that had terrorized his mountain town, Sgt.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Similarly, Ethan, increasingly terrorized by it all, must keep his superior, Phil Sarkowski (Dean Norris), at bay, along with other colleagues, in order to keep Nora safe at a major turning point in their relationship.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • More importantly, all of these guys (along with the fab freshmen) are moving into the toughest part of the season: conference games against tougher opposition, in more hostile road venues, with more concentrated scouting.
    John Hollinger, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • These developments are, however, heavily concentrated in the home stretch of the season.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • There is a big question in the doc about her possibly being blackmailed by the Manses and also being stuck with a hefty tax bill as a result of their mismanagement of her disability benefits and other income.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Shoutout to the 38 Republicans who shot the bill down in the House while being threatened & blackmailed.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Sure, the frenetic yet ultra-precise algorithm—perfectly calibrated for carving little communities out of the internet ether—had negative consequences, boosting some pure slop.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The comedy derived from pie-in-the-face burlesque, but what distinguished the show was its frenetic pacing.
    Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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“High-pressured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-pressured. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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