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
Groundskeepers tried using bug sprays and torches, but the gnats wouldn’t budge.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Denver's tree coverage is thinner than its peer cities — and hasn't budged in five years, a new analysis shows.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 19 May 2025
Trump has touted harsher penalties if Putin doesn't budge on peace.
—Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Members of California's congressional delegation joined Gov. Gavin Newsom in appealing FEMA's decision but so far the agency hasn't budged on its decision not to conduct further testing.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 2 June 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Denver's tree coverage is thinner than its peer cities — and hasn't budged in five years, a new analysis shows.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 19 May 2025
Trump has touted harsher penalties if Putin doesn't budge on peace.
—Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Members of California's congressional delegation joined Gov. Gavin Newsom in appealing FEMA's decision but so far the agency hasn't budged on its decision not to conduct further testing.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for budge
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Most of the resulting plants succumbed to rust; the few that made it were crossed with one another to produce the next generation.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Don’t succumb to the urge to overfertilize, which leads to other problems. 4.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2025
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Temperatures above 75 to 80°F can trigger bolting, at which point the plants shift their energy into flowering and stop producing new foliage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
20 June 2025
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The dangerous and record-shattering heat will shift east by the end of the weekend and the start of next week.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
20 June 2025
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Kids who try to end-run this will have their streams removed and live chat disabled.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials removed the alligators, allowing divers to recover a deceased male from the vehicle.—
Chris Anderson,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Science Homecoming, a nonprofit that promotes public engagement by scientists, also offered free editorial feedback to any contributor who submitted a draft.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The issue was not mentioned in the official report on the Danish Realm submitted to parliament on February 28, 2024, though threats to Greenland from China and Russia were.—
Morten Høi Jensen,
The Dial,
19 June 2025
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Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Protests by locals, who are frustrated with overtourism and Bezos’ links to President Donald Trump, forced Bezos to move a wedding party from a central Venetian nightlife area to a more isolated part of the city, Reuters reported.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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After spending his childhood in Minnesota, his family relocated to Orlando.—
Avery Stone,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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The caravan then relocated to the stadium’s Downtown Gate near the 110 Freeway.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Luckily for Boca, Auckland has conceded an average of eight goals per game in this tournament.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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At the time, the Trump Administration was attempting to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, with terms that heavily favored Putin: Ukraine would concede all the territory that Russia had occupied and give up its effort to join NATO.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2025
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Six suspects were apprehended and transferred to police, the IDF said.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
28 June 2025
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“Budge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budge. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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