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as in pressure
the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time
with a full-time job and her college courses, the young woman is under a lot of stress right now
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as in emphasis
a special notice or importance given to something
the company's orientation program places considerable stress on workplace safety
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as in to worry
to experience concern or anxiety
the restaurant manager has a tendency to stress about every little thing that goes wrong
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as in to emphasize
to make more apparent
his bad performance only stressed what I'd been saying all along
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as in to highlight
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
the doctor stressed the importance of exercise
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Recent Examples of stress
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Anyone who has ever worked in a busy kitchen knows the stress that comes with it, and The Bear does an excellent job of making that tension palpable—as evidenced by its slew of aforementioned Emmy Awards.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Jenna Prestininzi, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
These findings, the scientists stressed, could have major effects on how people control problematic mosquito vectors like Aedes aegypti, which infect hundreds of millions of people with disease-causing viruses every year.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The time crunch—about six weeks to get coverage starting on January 1—also adds another level of stress.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Anyone who has ever worked in a busy kitchen knows the stress that comes with it, and The Bear does an excellent job of making that tension palpable—as evidenced by its slew of aforementioned Emmy Awards.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Some parents in the Greater Cincinnati area stressed the importance of exposing their kids to the voting process in a weekly column published in the Enquirer during the 2018 midterm election.
—Jenna Prestininzi, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
These findings, the scientists stressed, could have major effects on how people control problematic mosquito vectors like Aedes aegypti, which infect hundreds of millions of people with disease-causing viruses every year.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stress
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The pressure to modernize infrastructure while maintaining operational efficiency is a challenge faced by organizations across industries.Janakiram MSV, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The lower the pressure of a storm, the higher its intensity, the Weather Channel reports.John Bacon, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The wine program at Mother Wolf stocks more than 400 labels, focusing on Italy’s Piedmont, Tuscany and Sardinia, with multi-generational family producers and emerging estates and an emphasis on organic and sustainable practices.Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Blood quantum, with its mathematical fussiness and emphasis on purity, bears little relationship to many tribes’ pre-contact approaches to belonging, which tended to be based on a looser approach to kinship.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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Uribe, who signed the EPA petition, worries that his property’s value could be affected if a Superfund site is declared, or even that his property could be taken through eminent domain.Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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To those who struggled with it, don’t worry — there’s always next year.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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Holistic Employee Well-Being Many organizations emphasize the importance of work-life balance, mental health support and a positive work environment, but these initiatives frequently fall short.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Collison also emphasized that areas with deteriorating or no sidewalks, commonly in low-income neighborhoods, shouldn’t be left out of redevelopment.Daryl Perry, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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With the world watching, there is a collective aspiration that the international event will highlight the critical need for sustainable practices and mobilize concrete actions to safeguard our planet for generations to come.Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
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The lawsuit, initially lodged in October 2024, highlights how NASCAR allegedly maintains a monopoly over the top-tier stock car racing series in the United States, a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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When your water surpasses that threshold, and/or other bacteria strains are introduced to the mix—like when a water bottle goes uncleaned after a workout—water safety is called into question.Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
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Reddish was ruled out an hour before tipoff because of a right peroneal strain – irritation or inflammation in the tendons that run along the outside of a person’s ankle and foot.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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Whereas some adaptations place Scrooge firmly at the center of your focus, this one emphasizes the rewards of being part of a community, ranging from warm celebrations full of dancing, food and games to something as simple as a nod and smile to a stranger on the street.Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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California leaders can’t serve as the focus of the Trump resistance because no one outside of California takes them seriously.Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
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My own moral courage, my backbone, has been reinforced, actually, in making this film, because there is a real moral clarity to this issue.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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But more than just his talents with a brush, the film’s Greek chorus of experts from artistic and theological corners of the world reinforce the belief that da Vinci was also one of mankind’s greatest thinkers with an insatiable thirst for knowledge.Hunter Ingram, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Stress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stress. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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