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pressing

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verb (1)

present participle of press

pressing

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verb (2)

present participle of press
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as in squeezing
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of my family will only drink juice from freshly pressed oranges

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as in pushing
to force one's way we continued to press deeper and deeper into the tangled rain forest

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The game also answered the most pressing question that faced Maryland entering this season. Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024 Shreve, who built a self-storage business, calls immigration the nation’s most pressing issue. John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2024
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The portraits also included sweet closeups of Blackwell placing her hand on Teeter’s chest and her new boyfriend pressing his thumb under her chin. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024 Brio Outdoors Setting the Brio up consists of pressing a release button to let its four legs drop down, shimmying those legs to lock them in place at a 105-degree angle, then tweaking the length of each leg's adjustable-angle foot to level everything out. Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pressing 

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“Pressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressing. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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