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pressures

noun as in physical force, weight

verb as in bother, urge

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These generally come from the outside, from cultural pressures and messages.

Men's Rights Activist "I have a lot of empathy for men, and the pressures that they go through."

Well, about as happy-go-lucky a track as a track about the suffocating pressures of marriage and family can be.

Cultural pressures to police gender norms fuelled the widespread practice of surgically reassigning gender at birth.

That candor demystifies the sexual appeal and, in turn, diminishes the sexual pressures.

To Willis, however, must be attributed greater advance in the utilization of heavy pressures for reed work.

Cavaill-Coll subsequently utilized slightly increased pressures for the trebles of his flue stops as well as for his larger reeds.

He employs pressures as high as fifty inches and never uses less than six.

In employing these heavy pressures of wind, increased purity and beauty of tone should alone be aimed at.

It may be looked upon as the apotheosis of the old style of organ-building, with low pressures, duplication, and mixtures.

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On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pressures, such as: tension, stress, strength, strain, burden, and squeeze.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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