BUDGED Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

budged

verb

past tense of budge

as in succumbed

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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as in shifted

to change one's position he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him

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as in removed

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 budged My foundation and concealer barely budged throughout the evening. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Yet, despite mounting political pressure, Congress hasn’t budged. — Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 17 July 2026 By 2021, according to polling from the Survey Center on American Life, just 13 percent did—a figure that has barely budged even since the pandemic. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026 And the amount has barely budged for adult-only households since 1988. — Spencer Norris, ProPublica, 9 July 2026 After generations of improvement, life expectancy in this country has barely budged since the 2010s. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2026 Whether the night is elaborate or pared down, Stewart’s central rule has not budged. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026 The number of blood transfusions (a common treatment for this condition), meanwhile, barely budged. — Whizy Kim, Fortune, 12 June 2026 Still, scores have only budged a little. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026

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One of the victims, still unidentified, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, police said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Of course, Franken himself succumbed to the same type of allegations and insinuations.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026

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Their efforts have shifted the needle; the US last year recorded a jump in its greenhouse gas emissions, driven in large part by power plants burning more coal.

— Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
So now the narrative has shifted to the Sussexes not being interested in a meeting, but a picture.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026

Definition of shifted

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At the same time, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s vast economic reforms sparked high inflation after fuel subsidies were removed three years ago and the currency was devalued.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
In Utah, a yearlong audit of voter registration released in May found 27 noncitizens who were removed from voter rolls out of more than 2 million voters.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Definition of removed

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Salvador Perez hit a homer off Padres reliever Matt Waldron, a two-run shot that moved the Royals captain slightly closer to the club’s all-time record.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2026
Trump then took the microphone and moved the conversation onto Balogun’s red card.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of moved

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However, Archie has remained largely out of the public eye since Meghan and Harry stepped back from their royal roles in 2020 and relocated to California.

— Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
By the late 19th century, the company relocated major operations to South Milwaukee, where a sprawling factory complex allowed engineers and machinists to push the limits of what these machines could do.

— Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of relocated

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In a filing submitted July 6, ABC argued the issue had already been settled, pointing to a 2002 FCC decision granting the program that exemption.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 17 July 2026
City planning staff member Katelyn Davison told City Council that when the application for the storage site was first submitted in September 2025, the area had been planned to be used to build a community center.

— Noah Daly July 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026

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Many a club’s board would have twitched in the face of the bare data, but the chain of command above Arteta stayed the course, and the FOMO is so high that tickets for Palace away this weekend are going for £45,000 ($60,000) on resale sites.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2026
My jaw twitched uncontrollably.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

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