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muscled

verb

Definition of musclednext
past tense of muscle
1
as in forced
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters

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2
as in pushed
to force one's way muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship

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Recent Examples of muscled In 2003, Kim Cattrall bared her abs and muscled lower back in a glittering naked dress. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026 The fourth season of Reacher muscled its way back to the top of the streaming charts. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 Border collies in the sheepdog trials were quick and fascinating, while muscled athletic fans showed off their strength in the caber toss, weight-for-height and sheaf toss competitions, which remained a crowd favorite for families. — Ray Chavez, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026 Apopka continues its rebuilding stage but watch out for big defensive lineman Demetri Tarpley, who is 6-3 and has muscled up to 305 pounds with an offseason program. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026 The action spilled to the outside, and Wagner muscled Dragon Lee back into the ring with a powerbomb. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, SpaceX and Meta have muscled their way into the AI elite ranks, further piling the pressure on the leading frontier labs. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2026 The streaks abruptly ended when De Ketelaere muscled past Cubarsí and headed home a cross from Timothy Castagne for Belgium’s tying goal. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 The 6-foot-1 Courtney has even muscled up more. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muscled
  1. forced
  2. pushed
  3. coerced
  4. squeezed
  5. compelled
  6. obliged
  7. obligated
  8. drove
Verb
  • Iowa's defense forced Michigan to punt again and its offense took advantage.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Flights and events canceled The storm forced a change of plans for many people.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of forced
Verb
  • They’re not pushed to build real characters, rather than embody safe versions of how people already see them.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Buckingham Palace has forcefully pushed back against the allegation.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of pushed
Verb
  • By filing that brief handwritten petition, Kohberger is putting himself in the category of many criminal defendants before him, who have argued after the fact that their guilty pleas were coerced.
    — Mark Guarino, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Williams also asked Saab whether anyone had threatened or coerced him into changing his plea.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of coerced
Verb
  • So they're getting pushed really, really, really hard, getting squeezed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The combination of tariffs, material prices and currencies have squeezed margins for Swiss watchmakers.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeezed
Verb
  • Who knows if the real Chris Hansen felt compelled to articulate that notion on the way to celebrity.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Travelers are compelled to show their documents to soldiers or regime officials manning the checkpoints.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of compelled
Verb
  • Since Kalshi is a private company that is not obliged to publish its financials, PitchBook’s predictions are based in some cases on estimates rather than hard figures.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • No current member would be obliged to subscribe to these principles.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of obliged
Verb
  • The United States is obligated by law to provide Taiwan with sufficient hardware to deter any armed attack from the mainland.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Investors will pay close attention to SCA commentary as a window into a portion of future revenues that customers are contractually obligated to pay regardless of market conditions.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of obligated
Verb
  • The data drove expectations of more rate hikes, with traders last pricing in a more-than-75 % chance that the Federal Open Market Committee will increase rates again at its October meeting, per the CME Group's FedWatch tool.
    — Fred Imbert,Sean Conlon,Sarah Min,Chloe Taylor,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
  • From there, Andrew Benintendi and Tristan Peters drove in runs.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
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“Muscled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muscled. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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