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as in squeezing
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of
this press can mash 10 bushels of apples at a time
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Recent Examples of mashing
Credit those 4,000-plus pounds of curb weight with mashing down bumpy roads into something more pleasant.
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Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
With the team already mashing the Philadelphia 76ers, Jose Alvarado raced down the court.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
In mashing musical theater and ballroom together, the show is neither your aunt from New Jersey’s Cats nor Crystal LaBeija’s ballroom scene.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
Salt the cooking liquid, adjust after mashing the potatoes, and finish with a final taste once any dairy is added.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
For even more intense banana flavor, our Test Kitchen recommends roasting your bananas in their skins for 15 minutes in a 350ºF oven before peeling and mashing them.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2026
Nutrition experts recommend incorporating lentils into dishes such as pasta, soups, and salads, using them as a substitute for flour in baking, and mashing them into a dip or spread to enhance the nutritional quality of your diet.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 29 Dec. 2025
Boston is prioritizing bigger bats but could still use Refsnyder as a lefty-mashing fourth outfielder.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Two minutes in, and the movie is already mashing together eras and histories, the personal and the political, the real and the fictional.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
With the team already mashing the Philadelphia 76ers, Jose Alvarado raced down the court.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
In mashing musical theater and ballroom together, the show is neither your aunt from New Jersey’s Cats nor Crystal LaBeija’s ballroom scene.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
Salt the cooking liquid, adjust after mashing the potatoes, and finish with a final taste once any dairy is added.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
For even more intense banana flavor, our Test Kitchen recommends roasting your bananas in their skins for 15 minutes in a 350ºF oven before peeling and mashing them.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2026
Nutrition experts recommend incorporating lentils into dishes such as pasta, soups, and salads, using them as a substitute for flour in baking, and mashing them into a dip or spread to enhance the nutritional quality of your diet.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 29 Dec. 2025
Boston is prioritizing bigger bats but could still use Refsnyder as a lefty-mashing fourth outfielder.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Two minutes in, and the movie is already mashing together eras and histories, the personal and the political, the real and the fictional.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mashing
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Abruscato got his own table nearby, while Coogan and Hays sat across from me, squeezing into a small wooden booth.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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Hoshoryu, at six foot two and around 330 pounds, dispatched his first adversary handily, squeezing him like an accordion and dancing him out of the ring.—
Joshua Hunt,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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As the material appears to shift from soft to hard, the outward and downward movements of the tubes no longer suggest the gentle pressure of filling and escaping air, but imply a decidedly more violent bending and crushing of metal, as if the tubes had been pushed out of shape against their will.—
Gordon Hughes,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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But in 2015, a company started repurposing the slag by breaking the rock apart and crushing it down to make sandy material for industrial uses.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Sit your hips back and bend your knees to sit lightly on the chair seat before pressing through your heels to stand up.—
Dana Santas Feb 28,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Trump loves the physicality and toughness indicated by building miles of border wall, but the giant stretches of open border that the wall is meant to secure no longer represent the most pressing security needs.—
Garrett M. Graff,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Mashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mashing. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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