coercive
Example Sentences
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The mere prospect of coercive control, disruption or selective access would upend the balance of technological power.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
That’s all because we say that most of the interesting stuff is done by volunteerism and entrepreneurship and will, zestful building, not by the coercive powers of the state.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Nicole Grajewski, an assistant professor at Sciences Po's Center for International Research, said a US blockade was "not a minor coercive signal" but could rather be considered an effective resumption of the war.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Again, not a word about the coercive therapeutic context in which vulnerable minors will be subjected to those “ideas” and pressed to implement them.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
We had heated discussions about whether we ought to have relied on coercive measures.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing coercive
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