as in to eject
to drive or force out
the sort of person who is determined to extrude every last gob of toothpaste from the tube
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Recent Examples of extrude
But watching something rigid extrude itself from a flexible reel will always seem a little magical.
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2025
When it’s used as a feeding material, engineers usually set the 3D printer to around 200 Celsius (390 Fahrenheit) to make sure the material is going to be melted as it’s extruded from a little nozzle, but can then harden back into form.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
Earlier this year, the company successfully co-extruded a coupon sample of the fuel at the Idaho National Laboratory.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
It’s extruded as a continuous sheet and achieves an 80 percent reduction in carbon footprint compared to synthetic leather.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2025
When it’s used as a feeding material, engineers usually set the 3D printer to around 200 Celsius (390 Fahrenheit) to make sure the material is going to be melted as it’s extruded from a little nozzle, but can then harden back into form.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
Earlier this year, the company successfully co-extruded a coupon sample of the fuel at the Idaho National Laboratory.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
It’s extruded as a continuous sheet and achieves an 80 percent reduction in carbon footprint compared to synthetic leather.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrude
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Canada’s Tom Wilson and French player Pierre Crinon were ejected for fighting in Canada’s win on Sunday.—
Fernanda Figueroa,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The 39-year-old actor was ejected from a Royal Street business after causing a disturbance, according to police.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Feb. 2026
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Of course, these posts outing Khan as a potential Twitter troll—this time anonymously as compared to the troll activity on his own account—led to harassing tweets from pro-AEW accounts.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The San Jose State controversy initially gained traction in conservative media outlets, including the website Reduxx, which outed the athlete before the 2024 season.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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When the carloads of masked men showed up outside, these strangers chased them away with whistles.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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This sweet little cabin is the perfect place to practice hygge in the winter to chase off the cold-weather blues.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2026
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Marty Singer, attorney for the spouses at the time, dismissed the controversy.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Yesterday, Judge Aran Subramanian dismissed some portions of the suit but allowed other claims to proceed in the DOJ’s efforts to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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The law banished tests in Spanish and Creole.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Anderson suspected Rausch was a traitor and conspired with Lipinski to gather votes to banish him.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Feb. 2026
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Palestinian citizens of Israel are descendants of those who were not expelled or forced to flee their homes when Israel was established in 1948.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Others expel water from their cells to prevent the freeze-thaw cycle from bursting cell walls.—
Alex Kuffner,
The Providence Journal,
14 Feb. 2026
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