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as in to compress
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box
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as in to pluck
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence
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as in squeezing
the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing
he gave the plastic bag a squeeze and then folded it up for storage
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as in darling
slang
a person with whom one is in love
she and her main squeeze are spending Valentine's Day at a romantic country inn
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Recent Examples of squeeze
Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 19 Mar. 2025
Sarah toyed with Lucy’s index finger, squeezing the joint, bending it.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Add a squeeze of lime and some cilantro for this fun take on supper.
—Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Rotem said another factor may soon squeeze consumers’ interest in fast fashion: tariffs.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 19 Mar. 2025
Sarah toyed with Lucy’s index finger, squeezing the joint, bending it.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
But the school has already started to feel the budget squeeze.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Add a squeeze of lime and some cilantro for this fun take on supper.
—Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeeze
Verb
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Crockett has faced significant backlash for the remarks about Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who was paralyzed from the waist down in 1984 after being crushed by an oak tree while jogging.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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Huawei, once the world’s biggest smartphone player, saw its smartphone business in particular crushed by U.S. sanctions that restricted its access to key chips and Google software.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2025
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Mooney recounted that she was shackled, slept on a mat with only a foil blanket, and endured a 24-hour transport ordeal crammed with 30 other women.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Welcome back, welcome home Hundreds of fans decked out in Dodger blue crammed into Tokyo Haneda Airport’s arrival hall dreaming of pointing at and snapping a photo of the team or their favorite player.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The series ran for five seasons and nearly 200 episodes, with Chamberlain earning his first Golden Globe for Best Television Star – Male in 1962.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
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Vahe was an English major at the University of Pennsylvania and earned his master’s degree at Mizzou.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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For complex tasks, the smartphone can further compress the latent representations and forward them to cloud servers for specialized processing (e.g., full document OCR or advanced medical diagnostics).—
Wei Duan,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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More importantly, compressed monthly changes highlight the general lack of homebuying demand that continues to characterize the current housing market.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Those commercial jobs grew scarce because of the consolidation of ad agencies and the rise of marketing content plucked from social media.—
Steven Kurutz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Whether picked from your garden or plucked from the farmer’s market, fresh asparagus is one of the surest signs of spring.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Are Puerto Rican filmmakers pushing for this to change?—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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But a significant portion of the rising demand came from high temperatures—particularly heat waves in India and China—that pushed consumers and businesses to crank up air conditioning.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Searchlight dropped the project following Majors’ legal troubles; the Sundance darling was later picked up by Oscar-winning distributor Tom Ortenberg via his Briarcliff Entertainment.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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These darling cards are sure to earn you lots of compliments.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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That’s when Missouri began to press in an attempt to push the pace, and the Bulldogs struggled to deal with it.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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The announcement of this investigation comes almost a week after the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office declined to press criminal charges against the officer, identified by Dustman as Jordan White.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Squeeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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