coercive
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Min Zin was detained “on suspicion of conducting espionage and endangering China’s national security” and placed under “criminal coercive measures,” Lin said, meaning that he is being investigated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
"Energy starvation as a coercive tool is incompatible with international human rights norms."
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Frew called for stronger safeguarding, tougher accountability within the PSNI, and full implementation of coercive control laws to prevent failures happening again.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Several states are now pressing reforms that curb their coercive hold over their members.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Alternatively, mathematics is sometimes endowed with a coercive character which is somehow capable of determining our future.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing coercive
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