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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 emphasized
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
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
But New York will be hard-pressed to make the playoffs with second-year stud WR Malik Nabers out for the season due to a torn ACL.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The feet remained pressed against her seat for hours.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The same goes for the highway—in fact, potential customers would be hard-pressed to find better in this department for the price offered.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Position single leaves, either pressed or fresh, in small glass vases, and place them on various surfaces around the house.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
The oil is cold-pressed, so no heat or chemicals strip away its natural nutrients, which in turn deeply condition and soften strands.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 10 Sep. 2025
Partner would be hard-pressed to find a bid at the five-level, so double covers many hands.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2025
If this becomes an annual event, the Chiefs and Battle Sports would be hard-pressed to find a better school to kick it off than Nebraska.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Instead, the authors think the males may have mounted the females , who were lying on their sides, and pressed down on the females’ tails during mating, accidentally breaking the neural spines.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Many remotes include a push-to-talk button that activates voice control only when pressed.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
One resident pressed Wethington on the construction traffic.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
The hosts, after ceding control of Game 1, pressed Miami and made the match scrappy.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
O’Donnell pressed him on issues like the government shutdown, Venezuela and China, as well as his recent pardon of the founder of the crypto marketplace Binance, Changpeng Zhao.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
Florida is still the same without Napier, displaying no resolve when pressed.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
Sheppard — pressed into service after Fred VanVleet's possibly season-ending ACL tear suffered in September — has been so spotty on defense that Udoka has been reticent to play him much.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Either way, the damage has been done, and Stuckmann will be hard-pressed to find that kind of unbridled support online again.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
But New York will be hard-pressed to make the playoffs with second-year stud WR Malik Nabers out for the season due to a torn ACL.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The feet remained pressed against her seat for hours.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The same goes for the highway—in fact, potential customers would be hard-pressed to find better in this department for the price offered.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Position single leaves, either pressed or fresh, in small glass vases, and place them on various surfaces around the house.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
The oil is cold-pressed, so no heat or chemicals strip away its natural nutrients, which in turn deeply condition and soften strands.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 10 Sep. 2025
Partner would be hard-pressed to find a bid at the five-level, so double covers many hands.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2025
If this becomes an annual event, the Chiefs and Battle Sports would be hard-pressed to find a better school to kick it off than Nebraska.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
If negative emissions technologies can indeed attain consequential scale, should they be pressed into the service of life extension for fossil capital?
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Instead, the authors think the males may have mounted the females , who were lying on their sides, and pressed down on the females’ tails during mating, accidentally breaking the neural spines.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Many remotes include a push-to-talk button that activates voice control only when pressed.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
One resident pressed Wethington on the construction traffic.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
The hosts, after ceding control of Game 1, pressed Miami and made the match scrappy.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
O’Donnell pressed him on issues like the government shutdown, Venezuela and China, as well as his recent pardon of the founder of the crypto marketplace Binance, Changpeng Zhao.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
Florida is still the same without Napier, displaying no resolve when pressed.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
Sheppard — pressed into service after Fred VanVleet's possibly season-ending ACL tear suffered in September — has been so spotty on defense that Udoka has been reticent to play him much.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressed
Adjective
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Add the scotch and Calvados and some crushed ice, and stir about 10 to 15 seconds, until a small frost begins to show on the outside of the mug.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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The material is man-made from crushed quartz crystals combined with binders like resin and pigments for color.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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China’s military has unveiled a combat drone converted from a Soviet–era fighter jet, a development that could enable massed drone attacks in any future conflict over Taiwan.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Pressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressed. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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