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as in obliged
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
public opinion compelled her to fire her scandal-plagued aide
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Recent Examples of compelled
Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
But at its core, she was most compelled by the film’s mother-daughter dynamic.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Unlike their mothers, who may have felt compelled to sacrifice personal goals for the family, Gen X women are embracing a more holistic approach to life, where their well-being is just as important as their contributions to others.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
This opened her eyes to the stigma surrounding pet bereavement and compelled her to write Pets Are Family.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
This compelled many Lebanese Shi‘ite to defect from Amal to the fledgling Hezbollah.
—Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made By History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
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Starring regular collaborator Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day, the film follows a familiar case of wrong place, wrong time, as an American family is compelled into a global conspiracy beyond their understanding.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
But at its core, she was most compelled by the film’s mother-daughter dynamic.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Unlike their mothers, who may have felt compelled to sacrifice personal goals for the family, Gen X women are embracing a more holistic approach to life, where their well-being is just as important as their contributions to others.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
This opened her eyes to the stigma surrounding pet bereavement and compelled her to write Pets Are Family.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
This compelled many Lebanese Shi‘ite to defect from Amal to the fledgling Hezbollah.
—Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made By History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compelled
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Israeli authorities have caused a forced displacement of Palestinian people in Gaza to an extent that constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Abbott avoids this by allowing its characters to simply exist without turning situations into a forced anthropological presentation.Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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When rolling out its mobile app last year, Bread obliged by emphasizing self-service—and providing information in the easily digestible online format that younger people have also come to expect.Nick Rockel, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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After the students of Payson High School put on a dedicated campaign to bring the movie star back to their town, Bacon finally obliged, visiting Payson on April 20.Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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Yet, in the age of constant connectivity, many of us feel obligated to multitask.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Companies aren't obligated to disclose such data.Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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Traffic stops represent the most common nonvoluntary interaction between citizens and police officers in the U.S.Derek Epp, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2023
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Of the 59 CEOs who departed S&P 500 firms last year, 30.5% were let go on a nonvoluntary basis, up from 22.1% in 2017, according to the Conference Board's 2019 CEO Succession Practices report.Fortune, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2019
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“Compelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compelled. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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