as in swarm
a great number of persons or things massed together
battling the rush-hour cram in the subway
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as in to fill
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
crammed his mouth with candy
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as in to stuff
to fill with food to capacity
one of those eating contests in which competitors attempt to cram themselves with as many hot dogs as they can in three minutes
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Recent Examples of cram
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
Massed information, on the other hand — a singular burst of chemicals or an all-night cram session — might represent a fluky event in a more chaotic environment.
—Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2025
Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Use your backpack or your sleeping bag crammed into its compression sack beneath your forearms.
—Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
This daily planner crams as many methods of organization, planning and self-improvement into its pages as possible, including daily, weekly and monthly reviews, journal pages and goal-setting.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
Massed information, on the other hand — a singular burst of chemicals or an all-night cram session — might represent a fluky event in a more chaotic environment.
—Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2025
Verb
The Nutribullet Ultra crams a 1200-watt motor into its rather slim casing; that’s double the wattage of the Nutribullet Pro blender that’s a step down.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Use your backpack or your sleeping bag crammed into its compression sack beneath your forearms.
—Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
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Until Toliver ran into Mullen senior defensive end Mason Bonner, who led a swarm of defenders and smothered Toliver for a 3-yard loss.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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D’Amico’s earlier work using onboard star tracker cameras to support satellite swarm navigation has been successfully deployed on NASA’s Starling Mission.—
Robin Roenker,
USA Today,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a sector already squeezed by rising land prices, material costs, and labor shortages, those weeks of manual quantification represent millions of dollars in overhead that never swing a hammer.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Made mostly of muscle without a bone in their bodies, these wonderful weirdos can squeeze into spaces scarcely bigger than their eyeballs.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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For me, it’s been really essential to read a lot of great information, and to come at the world filled with knowledge and all these ideas of, in my view, much smarter and braver people than myself.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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When an aneurysm bursts, Moore said, clamping or coiling — filling the bubble with wire — are effective treatments.—
Kaan Ozcan,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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No one wants to feel stuffed into stiff jeans while 30,000 feet in the air.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Colts' defense, under new defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo, is eighth in points allowed and has been stuffing the run in outstanding fashion.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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There are other predators just waiting to devour us.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Angelo’s is the lunch stop and Strowman devoured ribs, brisket and more smoked meats, restaurant owner Jason George told the Star-Telegram.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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To avoid the throngs of high-season tourists, consider visiting the Italian town from March to May or September to November, during its shoulder seasons.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Even though it was closed that day (it had been shut following the robbery), throngs were there — many wondering about the crime.—
Greg Palkot,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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But if the government doesn't reopen soon, these cards will not be loaded.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Three Jays pushed runs across with the bases loaded in the sixth.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Common oversights include everything from not packing a universal adapter to lacking the right outfit for events like high tea or a night out at the theater.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Epstein attributes the hill’s popularity to the fans COTA attracts, drawing a comparison to the fans that pack mountainsides and hilly areas during the Tour de France cycling race each July.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Cram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cram. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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