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coercive

[koh-ur-siv] / koʊˈɜr sɪv /
ADJECTIVE
forcible
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But with the waiver set to end on Saturday, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar criticised "unilateral coercive measures", without naming any country.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

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

Frew called for stronger safeguarding, tougher accountability within the PSNI, and full implementation of coercive control laws to prevent failures happening again.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The court tried to downplay this point by saying that it is just a “poster” and therefore lacks any coercive effect.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

Alternatively, mathematics is sometimes endowed with a coercive character which is somehow capable of determining our future.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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