1
as in to succumb
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position
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2
as in to shift
to change one's position
he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him
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3
as in to remove
to change the place or position of
the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it
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Recent Examples of budge
White House rejects 0% tariff deals That said, even if China had offered concessions to the United States, the Trump administration might not have budged.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Neither of those prices have budged since BetMGM first posted them, though Iriafen’s third pick odds have improved slightly from +500 to +400.
—Max Meyer, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Getty Images Mortgage rates have barely budged in the last month.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
The project doesn't budge from last week’s placement on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart, holding at No. 8.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Neither of those prices have budged since BetMGM first posted them, though Iriafen’s third pick odds have improved slightly from +500 to +400.
—Max Meyer, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Getty Images Mortgage rates have barely budged in the last month.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
The project doesn't budge from last week’s placement on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart, holding at No. 8.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for budge
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Firefighter Hoffman, succumbed to his injuries in the intensive care unit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Day 3, morning: A nation on edge, a family at ease The Sanders family never succumbed to negativity in the public throughout the historic slide and cruel prank.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The long stretch of disruptive severe weather and flash flooding across portions of the central and eastern United States will be shifting east Saturday.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
3 May 2025
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Uncertainty around import costs had already shifted the global supply chain, and the stock market had fallen sharply.—
Oliver Whang,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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He's promised to remove taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security, and continue tax cuts that primarily benefited the wealthy, passed during his first term.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Defense Department at one point temporarily removed training videos recognizing the Tuskegee Airmen and an online biography of Jackie Robinson.—
Michael Casey,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Alongside Spotify, Patreon has also submitted an iOS app update that allows creators to accept payments via non-Apple methods.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The agency’s decision followed a lengthy process that began with a 2007 petition submitted by environmental groups and that involved several lawsuits.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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Martinez moves well enough laterally to make defenders miss and bounce outside.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2025
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In recent decades, the agency has continued boring tunnels where needed to move water.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Boca Raton parks and recreation officials are looking to improve and update the city’s parks by analyzing the existing parks to determine what changes are needed the most and where to relocate some of the city’s current facilities.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2025
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The couple relocated to the Eastern Shore two years ago.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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While results at the time tasted similar to the real thing, its inventors conceded that the texture didn’t quite work.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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Berlin has changed a lot since Soho House opened here, Bryan conceded, when asked how the organization keeps its cachet after all these years.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2025
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According to her declaration, on March 2, roughly five days after Gonçalves was flown to Guantánamo, ICE transferred her again to an ICE facility in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, where she was held in isolation.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
30 Apr. 2025
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The first two years of the suspension, Baffert transferred his most promising horses to Tim Yakteen, his former assistant.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Budge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budge. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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