How to Use stress test in a Sentence

stress test

noun
  • It was just put to a stress test.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Still, Venezuela is a stress test.
    — Ricardo Torres, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
  • That is why this tactic works as a stress test.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Your doctor will choose the stress test that is best for you and your heart.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2018
  • UConn passed the first stress test, but wasn’t able to bring home the win.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The scope of his game works as a stress test for opposing bigs.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The next 18 months will feel like a stress test in slow motion.
    — Amy Eliza Wong, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Now comes the biggest stress test to date on the biggest stage yet.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The next major stress test for banks and credit unions may come in the form of a wave.
    — Adam Craig, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The shutdown has turned peak fall into a stress test for public lands.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Putin has unwittingly launched a stress test of his own regime.
    — Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2023
  • And varying the scenarios in the stress test, that’s a tool that can be used.
    — WSJ, 13 July 2018
  • But the striking result came after the stress test.
    — New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Each order, each speech, each threat against democratic norms is a stress test.
    — Jason M. Blazakis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • If anything, the stress test has clarified it.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The pandemic has been a stress test for us all, but the results can tell us what needs to be fixed.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
  • So here comes a stress test for an injury-stung Dallas defense.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2020
  • The affair of the documents may prove something of a stress test.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Earlier this year the Fed had already made some changes to stress tests.
    — The Economist, 15 Oct. 2019
  • For Brazil, the case is a stress test for its institutions.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The stress tests reflect the brisk growth in corporate debt in recent years.
    — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
  • But then the economy snapped back far quicker than banks or the stress test imagined.
    — David Benoit, WSJ, 24 June 2021
  • My stress tests might also have overwhelmed the Skylo phone.
    — PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This game is a stress test that will tell us how different these Ravens truly are.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Super Bowl is a stress test for new Airbnb other short-tern rental rules.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
  • In the stress test of the pandemic, Democrats proved this charge correct.
    — The Editors, National Review, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Gray’s initial stress test came in the opening inning, when a single and a walk led to a jam.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
  • This outbreak is a stress test — and right now, despite recent progress, the world is failing.
    — Tom Frieden, STAT, 6 June 2026
  • As for my checkup, Saxon ordered up a stress test for me, just to stay on top of things.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • All the biggest American banks passed this round of the stress tests for the first time last year.
    — New York Times, 24 June 2018

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