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as in squeezing
to fit (people or things) into a tight space
tried to cram one more book into the backpack
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2
as in filling
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
crammed his mouth with candy
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as in gorging
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 inhaling
to swallow or eat greedily
the thoughtless guest crammed a dinner that had taken hours to prepare
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Recent Examples of cramming
Government funding has been appropriated this way for the past nine fiscal years, with Congress cramming 108 spending measures into 13 bills.
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Lazaro Gamio, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Instead of cramming it all into a tiny box, Robeta gave it a soft curtain enclosure that keeps the look minimal and the space functional.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
Tom’s appeal includes an elevated menu offering lobster tacos and craft beers and its dedication to a 360-degree viewing experience on game day, cramming each restaurant with more than 100 televisions tuned to multiple sports around the country.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
There's no forcibly cramming the phone into your pockets—the Air just fits.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The decades-long strategy of cramming more transistors into the same chip area is rapidly approaching its practical limits, and conventional methods may no longer deliver consistent performance gains.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Gone are the days of cramming cute but impractical outfits into my carry-on bag.
—Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Lazaro Gamio, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Instead of cramming it all into a tiny box, Robeta gave it a soft curtain enclosure that keeps the look minimal and the space functional.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
Tom’s appeal includes an elevated menu offering lobster tacos and craft beers and its dedication to a 360-degree viewing experience on game day, cramming each restaurant with more than 100 televisions tuned to multiple sports around the country.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
There's no forcibly cramming the phone into your pockets—the Air just fits.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The decades-long strategy of cramming more transistors into the same chip area is rapidly approaching its practical limits, and conventional methods may no longer deliver consistent performance gains.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Gone are the days of cramming cute but impractical outfits into my carry-on bag.
—Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cramming
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But, to do you any good, squeezing the veins must propel the blood in the right direction, toward the heart.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The earbuds are controlled by squeezing the stem.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rite Aid first filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, largely because of competition from bigger chains and its debt pile, which topped $4 billion due to expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Doing things for me would be washing my car or filling up my tank.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Scheming girlfriends, questionable business partners, a fleet of lawyers and consultants gorging themselves on fees and a whole lot of other jockeying around Sumner Redstone’s fortune and his business empire.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
10 Aug. 2025
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Simply inhaling for four counts and exhaling for four counts brings oxygen to your muscles, reducing the emotion's intensity and relaxing the body.—
Juli Fraga,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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In particular, inhaling Aspergillus fumigatus can cause serious lung problems, including invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, aspergilloma, allergic asthma, pneumonitis and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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Investigators said the massive scale of electronics was poised to potentially collapse cellular service throughout New York City by jamming phone lines, 911 calls and other methods of communication in an apparent effort to sow chaos throughout the area.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Back in 2022, wife Emma Heming Willis shared a cool video of the actor jamming with Derrick Richard Thomas in their home.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Shop even more clothes and shoes worth packing, up to 75 percent off, ahead.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Add onion slices in one layer, packing tightly.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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There’s an immediacy to devouring the music.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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To stay alive, Pi must now find a way to co-habitate with a companion who has other ideas, such as devouring him.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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First steps in that process occurred last week, when the Chokai practiced loading dummy Tomahawk munitions into its vertical launch cells.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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In two of them — July 17, 2005, and July 5, 2008 — the Red Sox actually scored a run before loading the bases … and before Mariano Rivera then escaped all that trouble.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Cramming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cramming. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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