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overstress

[oh-ver-stres] / ˌoʊ vərˈstrɛs /




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Sit in the building that originated “The Sopranos” and “The Wire” and you feel a certain pressure to intellectualize your ideas, to overstress your originality.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

Security Council, “I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

I really cannot overstress this: Don’t raise your voice to other kids on the playground.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2021

“Now that we’re here, we’re not going to overstress about anything. We trust each other that we’ll be focused in the moment.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2018

Of course, rest must be taken, and the overstress which caused the trouble avoided in future.

From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce