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crammed

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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
Verb
The audio that accompanies the display is also the same, but in this case, that means spatial audio and a surprising number of speakers crammed into the slim confines of a MacBook chassis. PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025 With its 85-liter interior, the large litter box also boasts plenty of room, so your cat won’t feel crammed while using it. Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025 Blanton says detainees were routinely denied their medication and were crammed into overcrowded cells. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025 Riders crammed armpit to nostril on train platforms. Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 Use your backpack or your sleeping bag crammed into its compression sack beneath your forearms. Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025 The classic diner serves huge portions of affordable fare that tastes like your grandmother made it, including stacks of pancakes slathered in butter and maple syrup and omelets crammed with fresh ingredients. Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 Everyone is crammed into the dark and ostensibly cool interior. Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025 Schools quickly became shelters for displaced families, mattresses crammed into classrooms where desks once stood. Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crammed
Adjective
  • Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Galen Clavio walked into the student mailroom – back when student mailrooms were still a thing – and found an envelope stuffed in his mailbox.
    Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There are a variety of classic daifuku (mochi stuffed with red beans) to choose from, but the real knockouts here are the mochi that are themed around flowers, seasons, and small animals.
    Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • From the Mercury and Gemini missions to the drama of Apollo 13, the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, and the robotic explorers roaming Mars, NASA's history is packed with daring feats and scientific firsts.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The pros packed a much bigger punch in September.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The little green worm quickly devoured yours.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the eighth, the Dodgers squeezed two more out of Toronto’s bullpen to create a cushion for Yamamoto.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But the program may still get squeezed by the sweeping cuts proposed across the government.
    Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • Matt Priest, president and CEO of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers Association, said in a telephone interview that many of the footwear products firms front loaded in early pre-tariff deliveries — particularly in women’s shoes — have sold through.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Bills may be able to find impact players in the secondary and/or the receivers room, though the market on the defensive interior is considerably less loaded in 2025.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its use was banned in many countries around the turn of the millennium amid concerns that the fibers, when airborne, could result in potentially fatal lung diseases if inhaled.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Previous research has found that TCE, when inhaled or ingested, can easily cross the blood-brain barrier and cause damage to neurons.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Warner Bros history is movie history, and the notion that that history is bought and sold like so many spare car parts can cause a deep eyeroll about the way pop culture gets jammed into the unforgiving confines of M&A culture.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Lattice’s resilient mesh network ensures that EagleEye remains functional in degraded or jammed environments.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Crammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crammed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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