: one that pushes
especially
: one that pushes illegal drugs
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Competing machines offer refresh rates that can be twice as fast, or more, and this laptop has the ultimate frame-pusher in the form of the RTX 5090.
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Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
The best part of all for us is that the public still sees insurers as stuffy pencil-pushers (the same type of outdated view that hovers over agriculture).
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
However, some collectors will surely admit to not using its pushers for timing anything significant.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors often have a much better chance of convicting a drug pusher than a conman, because the former’s crimes are easier to explain to a jury than an intricate series of transactions involving financial instruments, joint ventures and limited liability companies.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
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Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
The best part of all for us is that the public still sees insurers as stuffy pencil-pushers (the same type of outdated view that hovers over agriculture).
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
However, some collectors will surely admit to not using its pushers for timing anything significant.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors often have a much better chance of convicting a drug pusher than a conman, because the former’s crimes are easier to explain to a jury than an intricate series of transactions involving financial instruments, joint ventures and limited liability companies.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Pusher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pusher. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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pusher
noun
push·er
ˈpu̇sh-ər 
1
: one that pushes
2
: a seller of illegal drugs
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