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verb

past tense of cram
1
as in stuffed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space tried to cram one more book into the backpack

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as in gorged
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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as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily the thoughtless guest crammed a dinner that had taken hours to prepare

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Recent Examples of crammed
Adjective
What comes next is another slate of crammed club matches for all these players, and enough friendlies to keep the Spanish federation profitable. Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 Despite the crammed screenplay, Kara going to a red-sun planet to feel human and forget about everything is the most human thing ever. Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 In the era of shrinking airline seats and oversold flights, eking out even an extra inch of space in an ultra-crammed economy cabin can feel like a major win. Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026 In turn, facing a crammed domestic market, the best chance for US gas producers to grow is overseas. Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 May 2026 The California Democrat still held a public roundtable discussion Tuesday with numerous survivors, in a crammed room near the Capitol. Ana Ceballos follow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 As one reporter predicted three, hearts sank in the crammed quarters. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026 When your floor space is far from generous, implementing small bedroom storage ideas is the difference between waking up in crammed quarters and having breathing room. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2026 That dream was fulfilled soon after his father bought an apartment on a crammed street near Jama Masjid, a historic mosque in Old Delhi, Delhi’s historic heart. Shefali Rafiq, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
Hundreds of people crammed into the school gym that April evening, and the debate over Point Reyes agitated into a low boil. Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Streams of cool kids dressed in all-black tank tops, slip dresses and leather pants crammed into the old town, sipping cocktails as DJs slid faders. Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026 Croatian media published photos from a crowded sports hall in Omis where people crammed on beds and on the floor. ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Those emotions aren’t interchangeable, even though they’ve all been crammed into the same word. Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 Winding alleys house artisan workshops and squat homes crammed with prop cooking utensils, and down one street stands a sept that resembles a Romanesque church. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 Vintage clothes lovers will find Notio Bene Vintage, Mink Vintage, and Leila Boutique all crammed next to each other along the corner of Cukur Cuma Street and Boğazkesen Street. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026 There’s been little diplomatic progress since then, as the Israeli army has advanced beyond armistice lines against a shrinking Hamas fiefdom where some 2 million Palestinians are crammed. Dan Williams, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026 Right now, in half the rec rooms in the South, there is a framed picture of a middle-aged man hugging a 7-foot-tall plush animal that has a somewhat shorter math major crammed inside it. Rick Bragg, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crammed
Adjective
  • Maybe the sign-up flow has too many fields, the first action users need to take isn't obvious or there's a setting that should have been pre-filled.
    Kelli Behan-Aspland, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal featured Reese alongside WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson on its magazine cover, even after Caitlin Clark broke numerous records, filled arenas, and set new marks for WNBA broadcasts.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Brewers manager Pat Murphy singled out Tatis scoring from second base on a grounder to first base as the most pivotal episode of a game stuffed with crucial details.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • No, it’s being dragged by two large straps and rolling along on a quintet of wheels, stuffed with dirty laundry or maybe this week’s groceries.
    Max Berlinger, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Hundreds of Modesto residents packed City Hall demanding that leaders stop data centers from coming to the city.
    Nina Burns, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Both phantoms were packed with thousands of dosimeters, tracking radiation dose over specific phases of the flight rather than just a cumulative total.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • America’s Poison Centers’s national helpline receives more than 60,000 calls about possible vitamin poisoning every year, mostly from parents alarmed after their children have accidentally gorged on the chewy sweets.
    Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
  • And while fans have been sated by the footballing feast, FIFA and its member associations have gorged on the tournament’s fruits.
    Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Only weeks ago, the most destructive wildfire in Spanish history devoured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in central Spain.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Only weeks ago, the most destructive wildfire in Spanish history devoured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Ávila, in central Spain.
    Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Even when turned off, internal components like microswitches or thermal relays can fail or become jammed by breadcrumbs, potentially causing the heating element to turn on unexpectedly.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Thousands have fled on jammed roads as officials said even more communities could be threatened.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Silver is now in its fifth straight year of structural deficit, squeezed by solar, electric vehicles, and the hardware powering AI.
    Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Affordability does not improve when Washington adds trillions to the debt while working families are still getting squeezed.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And sure as fate, three successive hits brought one run in, a walk loaded the bases, and the tying run came to the plate in the figure of Eli White.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski held the Dodgers to five hits and struck out Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman with the bases loaded to help lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 win over the Dodgers.
    Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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“Crammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crammed. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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