pressure
Example Sentences
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Though bonds rallied this year, Treasury yields have remained relatively stable since the Fed began cutting last year, pressuring businesses that need to borrow and keeping mortgage rates far above prepandemic levels.
The company’s TV programmers are under pressure to boost their slate of original television and streaming shows.
From Los Angeles Times
Americans 80 and older, whose numbers are projected to increase from 14.7 million to nearly 23 million over the next decade, will put unprecedented pressure on our healthcare system.
The continuing protests add more pressure on the government struggling to contain widespread discontent.
"It was tough. I didn't play my best and had a lot of loose darts, but that's what pressure does to you. Andreas kept me under pressure all the time."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
