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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
Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The San Diego Padres know pressure is on to make the playoffs this year.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration could withhold funds to pressure universities to change their disciplinary policies, admissions practices, and even the way certain academic departments are managed.
—Helen Coster and Julia Harte, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The blame doesn’t solely fall at his feet, but in the final year of his contract, the pressure is on his team to make fall baseball a reality once again on the north side of Chicago.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The San Diego Padres know pressure is on to make the playoffs this year.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
Sophia is pressuring Ruth to make the wedding even bigger, saying the nuptials are the town’s salvation.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration could withhold funds to pressure universities to change their disciplinary policies, admissions practices, and even the way certain academic departments are managed.
—Helen Coster and Julia Harte, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressure
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The biggest moment of McLaren stress came at the very end of the race when Norris reported his brake pedal was going long.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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The solution is to restore mobility in the thoracic spine and rib cage, so the body can rotate as designed, reducing stress on the lower back.—
Dana Santas,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, frontline institutions are facing severe resource constraints: The World Food Programme is facing an $8.1 billion shortfall leading to the closure of its Southern Africa office, and slashed rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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That’s partly due to the constraints of the U.S. health care system.—
Eleanor Rivera,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
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Her story forced the country to confront a flawed legal system and the cultural discomfort with women who challenged it.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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He was told that his academic suspension could cause his visa to be revoked, forcing him to leave the US.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Hornets are without Damion Baugh (G League), Tre Mann (disc herniation), Brandon Miller (right wrist ligament repair), Josh Okogie (left hamstring strain) and Grant Williams (right ACL repair) for Sunday’s game in Miami.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2025
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But on Monday, the U.S. reported its first outbreak since 2017 of another bird flu strain, H7N9.—
Donnelle Eller,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The exchange between artist and patron, however, becomes corrosive, a tumultuous dynamic fueled by Van Buren’s megalomania and Tóth’s creative compulsion.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2025
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The organization encourages people to seek a mental health professional when a person’s obsessions and compulsions begin to affect their quality of life.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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She was sentenced in federal court in Boston to four years in prison for charges of coercing people to engage in prostitution and money laundering conspiracy.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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Experts say this is a potentially serious counterintelligence problem that could allow foreign intelligence services to gain insight into a target’s social network or even identify individuals who could be paid or coerced to act against them.—
Dhruv Mehrotra,
Wired News,
27 Mar. 2025
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These artificial features have stoked tensions with the Philippines and partially fueled the U.S. defense treaty ally's plan to modernize its military over the next decade.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Buster’s also the apple of his mother Maggie’s eye, a lifelong source of tension with his younger brother Paul.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Its methodologies compel leaders and their teams to rigorously examine their most fundamental beliefs, anticipate disruptive scenarios, and prepare adaptive responses.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The parent just saw the First to the Finish trailer and was compelled to praise Holbrook for her vision, and reiterate their trust in her because not everyone in the sporting industry has your child's best interests at heart.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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