social pressure

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Their findings suggest that in societies where social pressure is stronger, tipping averages rise over time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

"Families often cannot bear the social pressure, so they stop their girls from playing," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

His restraint suits a story in which machine-kind and humankind begin to feel shrink-wrapped together, the ghosts belabored by increasing social pressure, the humans jolted by high-voltage wires.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

"This was largely influenced by social pressure and a fear of missing out as many people around me were doing the same," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

In a 2005 poll by The New York Times, fully 81 percent of Americans said they had felt social pressure to buy high-priced goods.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times