as in pressure
the use of power to impose one's will on another
in that class I read books under compulsion that I ordinarily wouldn't have considered
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Recent Examples of compulsion
But even a casual listener at this point can recognize his compulsion to deflect in the face of bad news.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Remakes, in other words, may represent our attempt to put our compulsion to reiterate to more aspirational use.
—Jim Shepard, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Howe has a compulsion to watch games back immediately after their conclusion and this has not changed.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The compulsion stems from what customers are accustomed to and demand nowadays and the reality of how sophisticated, lithe and ubiquitous tech has become.
—Nitin Rakesh, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Remakes, in other words, may represent our attempt to put our compulsion to reiterate to more aspirational use.
—Jim Shepard, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Howe has a compulsion to watch games back immediately after their conclusion and this has not changed.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The compulsion stems from what customers are accustomed to and demand nowadays and the reality of how sophisticated, lithe and ubiquitous tech has become.
—Nitin Rakesh, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compulsion
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Related Articles Washington University in St. Louis has quietly opened its doors to Jewish students leaving uncomfortable campuses At the same time, the Trump administration has escalated pressure on pro-Palestinian protesters and schools seen as abetting them.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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Amid steady and in some cases surging demand for services, federal CVF dollars have been declining since 2018, putting acute pressure on providers of key services, with women and children affected disproportionately.—
Josiah H. Brown,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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But on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the US State Department told WIRED that the program is abruptly ending due to budget constraints.—
Zeyi Yang,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
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From Roadblock to Runway: Leveraging Regulatory Changes for Financial Innovation Fintechs that treat regulatory shifts as an opportunity rather than a constraint will be the ones that succeed in this new era.—
Nandan Sheth,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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China’s revanchist claims and maritime coercion in the South China Sea are meant to show that big countries can simply grab the global commons.—
HAL BRANDS,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Three other men charged with coercion — former women’s team coach Jorge Vilda, sports director of the men’s team Albert Luque, and head of marketing Ruben Rivera — were also acquitted.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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That’s the percentage of emergency department doctors and nurses that reported witnessing at least one incidence of violence at work.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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If new outbreaks of local or larger regional violence do indeed occur, the likelihood of any side achieving a zero-sum game victory becomes even more remote.—
Hannah Rae Armstrong,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Compulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compulsion. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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