as in difficulty
something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
working two jobs was a hardship he was willing to endure to get out of debt
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Recent Examples of hardship
And Deferring Payments On Student Loans Trump’s policy bill gets rid of current rules that allow borrowers to temporarily have their loan payments deferred due to unemployment or economic hardship, which will apply to borrowers who take out loans starting in July 2025.
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Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Hawkins also now has a better understanding of the financial hardships faced by many college students.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Defined as stress or anxiety tied to past financial hardships, financial trauma does not always look like bankruptcy or foreclosure.
—Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Like millions of debtors with federal student loans, Farro had her payments and interest paused by the government five years ago when the pandemic thrust many into financial hardship.
—Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
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Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Hawkins also now has a better understanding of the financial hardships faced by many college students.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Defined as stress or anxiety tied to past financial hardships, financial trauma does not always look like bankruptcy or foreclosure.
—Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Like millions of debtors with federal student loans, Farro had her payments and interest paused by the government five years ago when the pandemic thrust many into financial hardship.
—Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardship
difficulty
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These disruptions and the resulting symptoms like headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, difficulty concentrating, memory lapses, balance issues, sensitivity to light and noise and personality changes can last minutes to days to even weeks and months.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The difficulty is that anger doesn't get to be carried out by taking out a handgun and shooting at three teenagers.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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“Hardship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardship. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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