squeeze out
phrasal verb
squeezed out; squeezing out; squeezes out
: to force (someone or something) out of a position, place, etc.
Big stores have squeezed out a lot of the smaller locally owned shops.
Examples of squeeze out in a Sentence
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Artisanal fishers were squeezed out, and as fish stocks collapsed, rising food insecurity generated protests and political unrest.
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Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
But those causes soon diverged, as scientists and upper-crust sportsmen came to dominate conservation and largely squeezed out the lay crusaders who had launched welfarism.
—Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Use your hands to apply even pressure on top of the container to squeeze out extra liquid and then leave your heavy object pressing down for 20 minutes.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
Some moments feature jokes that don’t land, or had the life squeezed out of them by pure excess.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
There are not as many gains to be squeezed out: Not everyone can be a net exporter or offer the world’s lowest wages and overhead.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Press through a wire-mesh strainer into a 3-qt. saucepan, using back of a spoon to squeeze out juice; discard pulp.
Stir in sugar.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2024
But that will get squeezed out as the weekend progresses.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
Initial investments in the wells succeeded in reversing the declining production and squeezed out tens of millions of dollars of additional revenue, estimates based on state data show.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
But those causes soon diverged, as scientists and upper-crust sportsmen came to dominate conservation and largely squeezed out the lay crusaders who had launched welfarism.
—Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Use your hands to apply even pressure on top of the container to squeeze out extra liquid and then leave your heavy object pressing down for 20 minutes.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
Some moments feature jokes that don’t land, or had the life squeezed out of them by pure excess.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
There are not as many gains to be squeezed out: Not everyone can be a net exporter or offer the world’s lowest wages and overhead.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Press through a wire-mesh strainer into a 3-qt. saucepan, using back of a spoon to squeeze out juice; discard pulp.
Stir in sugar.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2024
But that will get squeezed out as the weekend progresses.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
Initial investments in the wells succeeded in reversing the declining production and squeezed out tens of millions of dollars of additional revenue, estimates based on state data show.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
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