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Pressure

/prˈɛʃər/
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(noun) A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

The bridge crashed under the pressure.
External pressure grows ever more intense.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The manager was under enormous ____ to deliver results before the end of the financial quarter.

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