coercive
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"Energy starvation as a coercive tool is incompatible with international human rights norms."
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Beyond outright deception, the FDA’s framework can embolden coercive partners.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
"Given the intensity of the coercive displacement that we are seeing, how should we prepare, collectively as the international community, for a new addition to the list of occupied territories?"
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
“Securing this material will require either U.S. ground troops or, after some coercive bargain is reached, international inspectors,” Pauly said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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
Vocabulary lists containing coercive
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