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stress test

noun as in test of system functions

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But they are also required to comply with stricter regulation, including liquidity and capital standards and regular stress tests.

The experimental stress test that I subjected myself to is carefully controlled and deliberately designed to be an unpleasant surprise.

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And that means all of us investors need to stress test our so-called risk tolerance sooner rather than later.

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“We welcome the regulators running these kinds of stress tests,” he said.

As the dust settles, the H-1B shake-up looks less like a tax on foreign workers and more like a stress test for US companies - and the economy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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