as in ejects
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 extrudes
The loops are created by a protein motor called cohesin, which runs up and down the DNA strand and extrudes it as needed.
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Philip Ball,
Quanta Magazine,
18 June 2026
Interestingly, the system has a spinning nozzle that extrudes and pumps two different materials through this rotating head.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
Unlike musical theatre or opera, where the music often advances the plot or at least has some kind of narrative content, the cinema of pop-and-rock stardom extrudes fake songs incidentally, almost as a waste product.
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Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Philip Ball,
Quanta Magazine,
18 June 2026
Interestingly, the system has a spinning nozzle that extrudes and pumps two different materials through this rotating head.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
Unlike musical theatre or opera, where the music often advances the plot or at least has some kind of narrative content, the cinema of pop-and-rock stardom extrudes fake songs incidentally, almost as a waste product.
—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrudes
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This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
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Ezekiel Richardson outs himself as a spy for the Continental Army to Claire.
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Luckily, the king’s favorite wife, Esther, outs herself as Jewish.
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Combined, the handful of upside surprises is making for a stronger-than-expected domestic box office and a promising foundation for the second half of the year as the industry chases pre-pandemic levels.
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Kylian Mbappé of France chases the ball during their match against Iraq.
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De Borbon dismisses the accusations as coming from a small group of disgruntled owners.
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Bisignano dismisses the criticism.
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With ingredients like pumice and 10% AHA (in the form of skin-brightening glycolic and lactic acids), the product effectively banishes dead skin and smooths out uneven sandpaper-like texture on the body.
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This rechargeable mosquito repeller is a bug spray alternative that banishes those pesky pests within a 20-foot radius.
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Sneezing forcefully expels mucus and airborne debris; reflexive blinking may help shield the eyes from contaminants moving upward across the face.
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This is the palette of the machine-made, that which is inhuman, and Duchamp would drive the point home in Coffee Mill (1911), a tiny painting of a grinder that expels a cascade of brown beans.
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“Extrudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extrudes. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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