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as in stress
the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time
a business executive who works well under pressure
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as in constraint
the use of power to impose one's will on another
pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider
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as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
his father pressured him to go out for the swim team
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Recent Examples of pressure
Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
With Tesla’s eye-watering valuation, it is priced for perfection, leaving little room for error as deliveries faces increasing pressure.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
While Democrats are expected to pressure some of Trump's other appointees, Sen. Marco Rubio has broad bipartisan support from his Senate colleagues.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
During Wednesday's hearing, Ratcliffe faced a slew of questions about politicization of the CIA, pledging not to bow to political pressure from the administration or elsewhere or take action for political purposes.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
With Tesla’s eye-watering valuation, it is priced for perfection, leaving little room for error as deliveries faces increasing pressure.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
Some consumer advocacy groups and lawmakers who have tried to pressure the agency into rescinding its approval of the dye lauded the FDA’s decision Wednesday.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
While Democrats are expected to pressure some of Trump's other appointees, Sen. Marco Rubio has broad bipartisan support from his Senate colleagues.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately, new research from Intuit reveals this stark truth: 61% of Black Americans aged 18-35 are grappling with intense financial stress, a number that exposes the deep economic challenges facing our community.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
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Financial stress impacts every aspect of an employee’s well-being from mental health, relationships with friends and family and trust in the organization.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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Newcastle also remain bound by financial constraints, with only about £60million spent this season.—
Philip Buckingham,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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To avoid insolvency, the plan could be forced to lean on its member carriers.—
Laurence Darmiento,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Palisades and Eaton Fires have destroyed thousands of homes, killed at least 25 people and forced more than 150,000 residents to evacuate from their homes.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
18 Jan. 2025
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Image Adding to the strain was a sharp decline in housing construction across Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drove up prices for building materials and energy.—
Liz Alderman,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The bird flu strain appeared in the U.S. in late 2021.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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The compulsion stems from what customers are accustomed to and demand nowadays and the reality of how sophisticated, lithe and ubiquitous tech has become.—
Nitin Rakesh,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Yet Payton, a 61-year-old man in his 17th season as an NFL head coach, resisted the compulsion to tweak.—
Michael Silver,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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But a divided panel of appeals court judges said the parents hadn’t shown that they or their children had been coerced to believe or act contrary to their religious views.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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In early 2018, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that Samuels had coerced McCool into letting the deputy sheriff search his apartment and vacated the convictions.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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There was also a prolonged drought, a nasty port strike and constant tensions between locals and Dust Bowl immigrants over impacts on social services.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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Not only were there some creative differences between the film's director and writer, David Goyer and New Line Cinema, but there were also some tensions on set.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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The offers have been enticing enough to compel at least half of Solaris owners to sell over the past two years, according to property records.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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If one is compelled to inextricably correlate the art and the artist, there are any number of reasons for viewers to avoid new work from Mel Gibson.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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