stress
noun
importance attached to a thing.
have stressed
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present perfectof stress.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Analysts have stressed that the pledge needs to be turned into enforceable ratepayer protections through work with utility commissions, state legislatures and state governors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The Sussex's representatives have stressed that they both have their own separate interests to focus on with plans for Meghan to launch a UK version of her lifestyle brand As Ever - possibly before Christmas.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
As Mr. Groom and other scholars have stressed, the parasitic connection between vampires and their human prey has been used to grossly symbolize the relationship between rapacious business owners and exploited workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Advocates have stressed the connection between repeated episodes of wildfire smoke and climate change.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Biological Foundations In discussing instruction for the pre-adolescent years I have stressed biological nature-study as important for the purpose of giving general knowledge of how new living things come into the world.
From Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
