pressures

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The central bank raised the official cash rate to 4.35% at its May 5 board meeting, delivering a third consecutive 25 basis-point increase in an effort to dampen spending amid rising inflationary pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Over 70% of Toll Brothers’ business serves wealthy buyers less affected by affordability pressures and higher financing costs.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

In March, PlayStation, which is owned by Sony, the PlayStation 5's price would rise by £90 in the UK and by $100 in the US due to "continued pressures in the global economic landscape".

From BBC • May 18, 2026

First, walking upright freed the hands from locomotion, creating new pressures that favored more specialized and asymmetric hand use.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

The problems and pressures faced by historic societies are very different from those that confronted peoples in the Paleolithic or Neolithic eras.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson