as in squeezed
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as in seized
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
the fleeing bank robber pressed a nearby taxi into service as a getaway car
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as in shoved
to push steadily against with some force
an old doorbell that requires you to press the button hard
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as in huddled
to gather into a closely packed group
everyone pressed around me to see the pictures
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as in compelled
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
a manager pressed by a business crisis to return from his vacation ahead of schedule
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as in urged
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
pressed us to go with them to the school board meeting
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as in highlighted
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
an office e-mail that presses the need for greater vigilance concerning building security
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Recent Examples of pressed
Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Cantwell and other Senators pressed Isaacman on plans to use NASA’s Space Launch System rocket as part of the overall plan to get astronauts to the lunar surface.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
However, when Cruz pressed Isaacman about the Lunar Gateway, a space station NASA is developing to fly in an elliptical orbit around the Moon, Isaacman would not be drawn in.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
At her pool, visitors pressed against a window, ogling the manatees swimming inside without always understanding the calamities that brought the animals there.
—Bethany Barnes, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
Calvin Bassey is pressed by Mohamed Salah when Andersen plays the ball wide to his fellow centre-back, while Gravenberch moves up towards Sasa Lukic to try to nullify the latter’s forward dashes through midfield.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Several witnesses told deputies that one of the men, later identified as Pablo Juarez, 43, who lives in the area, approached Hoyos holding a handgun in the down position pressed against his right leg.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Robbins, Williams, and Hasan were all pressed by their attorneys to settle their lawsuits and avoid the difficulties of battling their cases in court.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
Other schools have bowed before being pressed.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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Vance pressed Zelenskyy, who has thanked America over and over.
—Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Cantwell and other Senators pressed Isaacman on plans to use NASA’s Space Launch System rocket as part of the overall plan to get astronauts to the lunar surface.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
However, when Cruz pressed Isaacman about the Lunar Gateway, a space station NASA is developing to fly in an elliptical orbit around the Moon, Isaacman would not be drawn in.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
At her pool, visitors pressed against a window, ogling the manatees swimming inside without always understanding the calamities that brought the animals there.
—Bethany Barnes, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
Calvin Bassey is pressed by Mohamed Salah when Andersen plays the ball wide to his fellow centre-back, while Gravenberch moves up towards Sasa Lukic to try to nullify the latter’s forward dashes through midfield.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Several witnesses told deputies that one of the men, later identified as Pablo Juarez, 43, who lives in the area, approached Hoyos holding a handgun in the down position pressed against his right leg.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Robbins, Williams, and Hasan were all pressed by their attorneys to settle their lawsuits and avoid the difficulties of battling their cases in court.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
Other schools have bowed before being pressed.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Pressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressed. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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