Fink stresses the need for Nigeria to train and deploy women into more prominent law enforcement roles.
Starr stresses that universities are required under Title IX to investigate and intervene in sexual assault cases.
In one segment, she stresses how important a good latte is—and "no one does it better than New York."
Blaine stresses that he was not called to inspect the rail site.
And throughout her interview, Maynard stresses the importance of her family during this heart-wrenching time.
We give you the job of figuring out the stresses and strains involved.
Or again she would revive all the stresses before our marriage.
Then something happens so that the strains and stresses of the crust are released.
Or rather, we may say, Nicolai stresses the influence of Kant's dualism of the reasons.
Let the intervals and stresses be slowly and distinctly given.
c.1300, "hardship, adversity, force, pressure," in part a shortening of Middle French destresse (see distress), in part from Old French estrece "narrowness, oppression," from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus "compressed," past participle of stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). The purely psychological sense is attested from 1942.
c.1300, "to subject (someone) to force or compulsion," from the source of stress (n.). The figurative meaning "put emphasis on" is first recorded 1896, from notion of laying pressure on something by relying on it. Related: Stressed; stressing.
stress (strěs)
n.
An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body.
The resisting force set up in a body as a result of an externally applied force.
A physical or psychological stimulus that can produce mental tension or physiological reactions that may lead to illness.
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In physics, the internal resistance of an object to an external force that tends to deform it.
A physical factor, such as injury, or mental state, such as anxiety, that disturbs the body's normal state of functioning. Stress may contribute to the development of some illnesses, including heart disease and cancer.
Note: The term stress also refers to the physical and mental state produced in the body when it is influenced by such factors: “The stress of the new job was too much for Tim, so he requested reassignment to his old position in the company.”
