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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
Even as tech stocks have skyrocketed since 2022, the companies’ share of net profits from S&P 500 companies has hardly budged.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Democrats have refused to move forward on appropriations without an extension of health insurance subsidies on which millions of Americans rely, and Republicans have not budged on the issue.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
Mamdani leads the two by double digits, a clear lead that hasn’t budged since a largely unremarkable debate last week.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
But with numerous polls showing more voters blame Trump and Republicans for the impasse — and indicating strong support for extending the ACA health insurance subsidies — Democrats mostly haven’t budged.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
So far, Republicans have not budged on the demands, saying the extension does not belong on a spending measure, and some have argued that Congress should let the subsidies expire.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The lead prosecutor eventually budged, but only a little.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
Kuminga's camp fought hard for a player option to be included with the Warriors' offer, but the team never budged.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Still, there are six holdouts that haven’t budged a penny, while four others lowered their price.
—Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Democrats have refused to move forward on appropriations without an extension of health insurance subsidies on which millions of Americans rely, and Republicans have not budged on the issue.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
Mamdani leads the two by double digits, a clear lead that hasn’t budged since a largely unremarkable debate last week.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
But with numerous polls showing more voters blame Trump and Republicans for the impasse — and indicating strong support for extending the ACA health insurance subsidies — Democrats mostly haven’t budged.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
So far, Republicans have not budged on the demands, saying the extension does not belong on a spending measure, and some have argued that Congress should let the subsidies expire.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The lead prosecutor eventually budged, but only a little.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
Kuminga's camp fought hard for a player option to be included with the Warriors' offer, but the team never budged.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Still, there are six holdouts that haven’t budged a penny, while four others lowered their price.
—Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budged
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After occupying Sinai, Britain and France succumbed to international pressure and withdrew their forces from Egypt in November.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Hornets succumbed to the Minnesota Timberwolves, 122-105, upping their losing streak to three games on the heels of a trio of spirited outings to begin the 2025-26 campaign.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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Those results were buoyed in part by surging support from young voters and Hispanic voters, who shifted toward the right in 2024 after historically leaning toward the Democrats.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sherrill, 53, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor who was elected to Congress in the Democratic wave of 2018, emerged victorious after a bruising campaign that tested her reputation as a moderate in a state that has shifted towards Republicans in recent years.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Disney content, including channels like ABC and ESPN, was removed from Google’s YouTube TV overnight after the two companies failed to renew a streaming contract.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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The left rear seat, on the other hand, is somewhat different; the designers have removed the traditional front passenger seat, giving the passenger lots of space to stretch out in first-class aircraft style.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
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Sunderland have conceded the third-most shots in the division, but the average quality of those efforts has been low.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Accessories — a category that Adidas executives have previously conceded needs more work — only rose 1 percent.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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On an 0-2 pitch, Roberts moved the infield back to double play depth.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The depth chart got even thinner when Jaishawn Barham, who moved back to inside linebacker after playing on the edge in recent weeks, left the game in the first quarter with an injury.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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If Doan’s Coyotes records were treated the same way Hawerchuk’s Jets records were, moving from one city to the next as a franchise relocated, then Utah Mammoth star Clayton Keller would be chasing him.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The town was established after San Francisco banned new burials and exhumed and relocated bodies to Colma in the early 1900s.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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And in 2023, Gane could not compete with Jon Jones, who easily took him down and submitted him only minutes into the bout.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Just hours before the filing was submitted, Bovino defended his agency’s conduct in an interview with CBS News.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Her hand twitched from the heat.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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My hand twitched toward the phone, muscle memory stronger than willpower.—
Maggie Downs,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Budged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budged. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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