stressor
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"It's often, for them, not one enormous stressor," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Rising demands for defense spending are another stressor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Classroom technology use has been a stressor for India Brookover of Granada Hills, whose daughter will be entering transitional kindergarten, or TK, next year and whose screen time in preschool has been near zero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Rather than acting only through absorption into the bloodstream, flavanols appear to function as a moderate stressor that stimulates the central nervous system, leading to heightened attention, alertness, and memory.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
Nearly half of adults cited the cost of housing as a major stressor, according to a summer survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
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