budges

verb

present tense third-person singular of budge
1
as in succumbs
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 shifts
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 removes
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 budges However, despite endless talks, Beijing never budges, and eventually domestic concerns take precedence as midterms loom. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budges
  1. succumbs
  2. shifts
  3. removes
  4. submits
  5. moves
  6. relocates
  7. concedes
  8. twitches
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  • With three days to go before Krypto succumbs to the slow-acting agent, Supergirl sets out on a cosmic adventure to retrieve the antidote, confronting her emotional trauma along the way.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Definition of succumbs
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  • The new investment now shifts the company’s focus from proving the technology to producing it at a scale suitable for future defense and aerospace programs.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
  • That surge in demand should boost Marvell's shares as the company increasingly shifts its focus to CXL products, Arcuri added.
    — Hugh Leask,Fred Imbert,Justina Lee, CNBC, 28 June 2026
Definition of shifts
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  • Laparoscopic excision surgery, in which a specialist carefully removes endometriosis lesions, is widely considered the gold-standard surgical treatment and can improve both pain and fertility outcomes.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Definition of removes
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  • Should the Council decline, if Unite NY then submits at least another 15,000 signatures, the matter will go to the ballot.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 July 2026
  • Schools have 15 days to respond once a parent submits a letter requesting their child be tested for dyslexia.
    — Samuel O’Neal Updated June 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026
Definition of submits
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  • The moody Moon moves through your 7th House of Partnership as the Sun energizes your 11th House of Friends and Community, aligning cooperation with a larger purpose.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
  • Trainer Robert Ndungu moves between them, occasionally kneeling to demonstrate the correct technique.
    — Christopher Clark, NPR, 5 July 2026
Definition of moves
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  • Simply titled Elle, the new prequel series chronicles Elle's time as a high school student in Seattle after her family relocates from Los Angeles.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • The film stars young newcomer Eylul Guven as Sasha in childhood, whose family relocates to a new home on Vancouver Island at the start of the film.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 June 2026
Definition of relocates
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  • The media business always goes through some splitting of cells — meiosis and mitosis — but every industry leader concedes that consolidation is especially needed today.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • The waiver concedes a major point of potential leverage at the start of these 60-day talks.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 19 June 2026
Definition of concedes
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  • Persistent muscle twitches Everyone’s muscles twitch from time to time, usually at various locations.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Some devices, for example, track eye movements or other small muscle twitches to let users select words from a screen.
    — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of twitches

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