1
as in to distort
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine
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2
as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screw
Verb
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The Illusion Of Abundance In A Skewed Market This shift has profoundly distorted the venture deal landscape.—
Joseph Edgar,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025 -
In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Goldman Sachs previously estimated these tariffs could push inflation up by 1 percent while squeezing U.S. company profits and provoking retaliatory measures from other countries.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Instead of mechanical rollers, this mask uses inflating and deflating mechanisms to gently squeeze around your eyes and temples, creating a rhythmic, pulse-like massage.—
Siena Gagliano,
Allure,
13 Mar. 2025
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It's designed to be so incredibly easy that a beginner can just pick it up and start laying down perfect dimes, even on super thin material down to 8 thousandths of an inch (0.2 mm) without melting through your project – or even deforming it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Mar. 2025
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Franklin, an award-winning biographer, details how Frank’s legacy was formed, and sometimes deformed, by her father, Otto, who survived her.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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More wearable tech news: Are Halliday's AI smart glasses an amazing new wearable or surefire way to cheat?—
Adam Smith,
USA TODAY,
8 Mar. 2025
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In another trial, an AI even used the semantics of its programmers to reach its cheating phase.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 Mar. 2025
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At the start of the production, when Blanche arrives at her sister’s dumpy apartment, a lithe young man (Jabez Sykes) contorts himself in abstract choreography.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The dancers contorted themselves accordingly: ohh eee enn owooooooo.—
Matthew Sherrill,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Juwan Johnson, a 6-foot-4 open-space threat who Payton plucked undrafted out of Penn State in 2020, is re-upping for three years with the New Orleans Saints after constant buzz over a potential Payton reunion in Denver.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2025
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Hitchcock would have loved this beyond, given the sheer technical wizardry and skill of debuting 27-year-old Irish director Ronan Corrigan, who was plucked from a Black List-style program Bekmambetov founded called Screenlifers, designed to help emerging filmmakers in the format.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 Mar. 2025
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
11 Mar. 2025
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The secret was curling each curl in opposite directions.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
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Keep Ilia’s Eye Stylus shadow stick on hand for this, in a hue like Nectar that’s a summery peach.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
13 Mar. 2025
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Our readers, however, are sticking a local icon: Arthur Bryant’s.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Screw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screw. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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