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verb

ˈpu̇sh How to pronounce push (audio)
Definition of pushnext
1
as in to shove
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one I had to push my damaged bike all the way home

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2
as in to squeeze
to force one's way we had to push our way through a crowd that was mostly headed in the opposite direction

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push

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noun

as in campaign
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal an unprecedented push to pass stronger gun control measures

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Recent Examples of push
Verb
Around 30 years into his career, a buyout offer pushed him to throw in the towel—the $271 billion contractor offered special golden handshake packages for employees from the legacy Hughes days. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 Andrea Flores, who worked in the Obama Administration and served as a border official under Biden, told me that Biden lacked interest in pushing legislation to regularize the status of longtime residents. — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
Democrats are also readying a major push to encourage voters to cast their ballots early and in person. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026 The road’s construction created a push for internal improvements in the early republic and opened the era of canal and road construction throughout the nation. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for push
Recent Examples of Synonyms for push
  1. shove
  2. squeeze
  3. campaign
  4. drive
  5. press
  6. movement
  7. thrust
  8. cause
Verb
  • There’s a magic to her game that can’t be shoved into a rigid structure.
    — Eden Laase, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • To promote the new club, Good Good shared an advertisement in which co-founder Garrett Clark shoved a female member of the brand to the ground.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of shove
Verb
  • The Middle East war and the resulting shipping disruption through the Strait of Hormuz drove up global commodity costs, further squeezing Beijing's own appetite for commodity imports.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Independent designers, once a discovery engine, were being squeezed, while the biggest brands put more investment into their own stores, creating a dichotomy in experiences that Bron felt was palpable.
    — Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeeze
Noun
  • The team put in one of their most insipid performances of the campaign that day — a first real sign the wheels may be coming off for Daniel Farke.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Chuck Hatfield, the attorney for the referendum campaign, said Hanaway’s move was no surprise.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of campaign
Verb
  • Haaland, along with Martin Odegaard, was the driving force behind Norway’s run to the quarter-finals.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • If Assembly Bill 1709 is approved, social media companies would need to provide platforms to children under 16 years old that do not include personalized feeds driven by algorithms, autoplaying videos and other features.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of drive
Verb
  • Rather than pivot away from the high-pressing, front-foot football of Howe, Wilson tasked those involved in the identification of head coaches to double down upon those principles.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The nightmare imagery was the result of Linton’s decision to press her gas pedal to the floor and reach speeds of 131 mph, prosecutors allege, plowing into the intersection of Slauson and La Brea avenues.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of press
Noun
  • There’s been little movement on the key Democratic demand, an ethics component governing the president and his family, according to two Democratic aides.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That headroom is not vast, which is why any January incomings likely require offsetting by movement outwards.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of movement
Verb
  • Kushner and Thrive have now been thrust into what may be a prolonged fight between FIFA and UEFA, the European confederation representing 55 member associations.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The wait for minutes will suit the newcomer, who will have time to bed in and train with his new team-mates before being thrust into the demands of Premier League football.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of thrust
Noun
  • The agriculture ministry said the cause of the decline in production was in part due to extreme summer heat waves and intensifying drought across the country that caused sunburn, berry shriveling, and foliage shedding.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The next turn of the screw came in 1933, with a congressional investigation of the causes of the 1929 crash.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
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“Push.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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