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Recent Examples of squish
You won’t be stressed out from being squished into a seat.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Those touches also contribute to the sense that the director is trying to squish three or four movies into one, all of them stubbornly unengaging.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Also of note—this thick puffy is actually really packable, squishing down to the perfect airplane pillow size.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
In fact, while the air near the horizon does indeed act like a lens, its actual effect is to make the sun and moon look squished, like flat ovals, not to simply magnify them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Those touches also contribute to the sense that the director is trying to squish three or four movies into one, all of them stubbornly unengaging.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Also of note—this thick puffy is actually really packable, squishing down to the perfect airplane pillow size.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
In fact, while the air near the horizon does indeed act like a lens, its actual effect is to make the sun and moon look squished, like flat ovals, not to simply magnify them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squish
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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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Japanese potato salad’s most important and unique distinction is its texture: The potatoes are mashed, so that the salad is almost creamy (and the potatoes and dressing almost meld), studded with the crunch of fresh or pickled vegetables.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
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Pani puri consists of small hollow spheres made with either wheat or semolina flour and filled with curry-spiced chickpeas and potatoes, which are often mashed into a chunky paste.—
Kaitlyn Rosati,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2025
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However, when one person had something negative to say, Kelce stepped in and squashed it.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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At the time, neither woman realized that Coop would be a student in Breonna’s classroom — but that revelation hasn’t squashed their chummy dynamic, either.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
17 Mar. 2025
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The west-southwest winds today will blow over the entire fetch of Lake Erie, helping to shove the water towards the eastern end of the lake.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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His latest troubles followed a 2019 arrest for allegedly shoving a female companion to the ground.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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This 2019 retread attempts to squeeze that same emotional response out of viewers, simply by recreating every frame through photorealistic CGI.—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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But skyrocketing home prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates in the past few years have squeezed many buyers to the sidelines of the market, raising concerns that this year will see a nationwide drop in sales even during the spring homebuying season.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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The last Sweet 16 tickets will be punched on Sunday, with second-round tourney action starting around noon Eastern and concluding shortly before midnight.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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How to Watch Wofford Terriers vs Tennessee Volunteers: Date: Thursday, Mar. 20, 2025 Time: 6:50 PM ET Channel: TNT Stream: Sling (watch) Wofford punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament with a 92-85 win over Furman in the Southern Conference Championship game.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Her story forced the country to confront a flawed legal system and the cultural discomfort with women who challenged it.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The move, which has already begun, is again forcing the displacement of Palestinian civilians who returned to their homes in northern and southern Gaza strip after the ceasefire was announced in January.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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Its methodologies compel leaders and their teams to rigorously examine their most fundamental beliefs, anticipate disruptive scenarios, and prepare adaptive responses.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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DeSantis warned Thursday that his office may suspend officials who do not compel local law enforcement to assist ICE with detainments and deportations.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Squish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squish. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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