coercive

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Recent Examples on the Web On coercive sterilizations, Maria Ysbel Cedano from DEMUS remarked that this violation of reproductive rights not only involved Fujimori as the perpetrator of abuse but the complicity of others who served in his government and are still alive. Ñusta Carranza Ko, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024 The monthly prompt might just alert you to someone eavesdropping on your system, such as a coercive partner. Barry Collins, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 Synanon’s leadership believed that voluntarily working the steps was too soft and turned the method into a coercive one, using confrontation, humiliation and emotional attacks as ways to force change. Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024 Even as China’s coercive capabilities and threatening behavior have rightly focused U.S. attention on the risks to American interests, the absence of clear metrics for success leaves the door open for partisan aspersions of the Biden administration’s approach. Jessica Chen Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for coercive 

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“Coercive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coercive. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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