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present tense third-person singular of express
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as in squeezes
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet

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expresses

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noun

plural of express, British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of expresses
Verb
According to recent survey data from polling firm Forsa, merely 11% of the German public currently expresses satisfaction with his performance in office. — CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 Sharman jumped at the chance, was the good teammate and still expresses appreciation to Hawkins. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 In both cases, your indignation expresses that what people do in the world, and what the world does to them, should be somehow connected. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026 Heck, Hammond probably expresses the spirit of Chicago more faithfully than much of Chicago these days. — Will Kamin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 The two wives soon strike up a tentative friendship as Ye-ji expresses interest in telling Ho-seok’s story — but the group dynamic grows increasingly complicated by their extreme class differences and subtly conflicting desires. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 Someone else expresses revulsion at seeing dogs devour bodies left to rot, but the disgust doesn’t seem to extend to the killings themselves. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 And as the cops try to arrest them, only to realize their own jails aren’t accessible, the film expresses perfectly how the government trips over its own feet while resisting inevitable change. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 This approach to design expresses itself particularly clearly in the petite butler’s pantry. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expresses
Verb
  • Larson headlined the Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry, earning Emmy, SAG, Critics Choice, and Golden Globe nominations, and voices Rosalina in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Vasarhelyi, seemingly a less hands-on presence in this project, voices a few more misgivings, at one stage pointedly asking her husband how many people who have previously been guests at their dinner table are now dead.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The jobs market has been resilient even as stubbornly high inflation squeezes businesses and households.
    — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Glen Arbor to Traverse City On the Leelanau Peninsula, M-22 squeezes onto a narrow isthmus between Lake Michigan and Lake Leelanau, landing in the resort community of Leland.
    — Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026
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  • That new reticence signifies a change from when she was paid to share her life on TV.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Connecting with family history For Kassidy Angelo, Gioia’s co-founder and managing director, La Sponda signifies not only a new frontier for the company but also a chance to revisit her family’s heritage.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Sarah Patton, a Compass agent familiar with the buildings, says that a few years ago, when hundreds of units were being marketed downtown, some buildings were making deals, but that’s rare.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Need to Know A police chief and travel agent on Tiktok says to only carry a crossbody bag on vacation in order to avoid becoming a target for pickpockets.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The comic tension embodies Cassavetes’ approach to the entire film, which involved some not-so-subtle manipulation of his actors behind the scenes.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Thousands of fans will cast ballots in head-to-head matchups to decide which bear best embodies the survival skills and healthy appetite needed to make it through Alaska's harshest months.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Denholm had requested their presence merely as observers—messengers who would convey the verdict back to Savoy Court.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In much simpler terms, this nutrient-rich liquid contains growth factors, cytokines, and other proteins that act as messengers, sending signals involved in skin repair and renewal and supporting the production of collagen and elastin.
    — Emily Orofino, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That behavior gives engineers a way to control how a material stores and releases electrical energy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Without actually saying that AI is taking over or that job losses are on the horizon, the memo by Horacio Gutierrez strongly implies that.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The new target implies nearly 44% upside from Wednesday’s close.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Expresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expresses. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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