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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
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
The National Hurricane Center continued Friday to track a low pressure system in the Gulf and said in its 8 p.m. advisory that development into the season’s next tropical depression or storm is no longer expected.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
The column was also updated to show that Pugliese did not pressure Weinberg to drop his bid for a leadership role.
—Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
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Noun
Some of Intel’s best offerings now contain components made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., adding more pressure to its margins.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
The National Hurricane Center continued Friday to track a low pressure system in the Gulf and said in its 8 p.m. advisory that development into the season’s next tropical depression or storm is no longer expected.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Verb
The department store closed this spring as Macy’s — faced with customers’ growing indifference to brick-and-mortar retail and pressured by activist investors to offload real estate — shut down dozens of locations across the country.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
The column was also updated to show that Pugliese did not pressure Weinberg to drop his bid for a leadership role.
—Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressure
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Combined with negative working capital and declining revenue, this creates significant financial stress, notes Macroaxis.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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First up is Whoop, for cutting-edge health and fitness trackers monitoring of sleep, heart rate, stress, blood pressure and overall wellness.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Davis is a magnetic front man, and the Roadhouse Band is an intoxicatingly raucous live outfit, but the constraints of the setup suited his new material, which is suffused with listlessness and yearning, dark jokes and wordy disquisitions on desire.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The graphic novel format gave him the freedom to imagine without limitation—unbound by the logistical constraints of filmmaking.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Blurry Vision High sugar levels force the body to pull fluid from your tissues, including the lenses of your eyes.—
Barbie Cervoni,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
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Glaser told Variety that her shift in wardrobe allowed viewers to see that she’s taken control of her life, no longer following the gaudy colors and costumes her mother forced upon her in previous seasons.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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Any of the best mattress sales (and there are many happening right now) can at least decrease the strain on your wallet.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
22 July 2025
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But most symptoms of the two newest variants are generally consistent with previous strains, health officials said.—
Jenna Carlesso,
Hartford Courant,
22 July 2025
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Another way patients differ is in the content of their obsessions and compulsions.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Avoiding certain places or situations to reduce anxiety or prevent triggering obsessions and compulsions is also common.—
Carol Mathews,
The Conversation,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Witnesses testified about whether the original detective and prosecutor in his case had coerced them into testifying against Bell at his 1995 trial.—
The Marshall Project,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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The school board responded that the materials did no more than expose the children to new ideas, and that in any case nobody was being coerced.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The move to resume sales of the H20 chips comes amid easing tensions between Washington and Beijing, with China relaxing controls on rare earth exports and the United States allowing chip design software services to resume in China.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
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This difference of opinion as well as departure in parenting styles creates major tension between the once loving and united couple.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
Verb
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This fosters a competitive market where vendors are compelled to innovate on value, not by locking customers into their ecosystem.—
Rajat Bhargava,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Flynn plays a man compelled to clean up the lawless cattle town of Dodge City.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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“Pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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