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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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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
Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The states will push for a full divestiture of Ticketmaster.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
And to add to that, attempts to turn trash services and parking into cash cows have met with extreme public push-back.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The controversial 65-game rule was collectively bargained in 2023 with the league pushing back on load management for star players.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The states will push for a full divestiture of Ticketmaster.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
But California’s minimum wage push may be setting a trend.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
And to add to that, attempts to turn trash services and parking into cash cows have met with extreme public push-back.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push
Verb
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That included double technicals assessed to Charlotte’s Miller and Detroit’s Robinson after Miller landed on Robinson and Robinson shoved him away after Miller’s dunk less than two minutes into the game.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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That included double technicals assessed to Charlotte's Miller and Detroit's Robinson after Miller landed on Robinson and Robinson shoved him away after Miller's dunk less than two minutes into the game.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Focusing on everyday shapewear, Yummie hugs instead of squeezes like traditional shapewear that can be extremely tight and constrictive.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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All movies need a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, because small and mid-budget movies that hit streaming sooner are getting squeezed.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That said, where does the campaign go now, with voting in the state’s top-two primary beginning in a few weeks?—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
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And Cherfilus-McCormick has been charged by federal prosecutors with improperly using millions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funds in connection with her campaign.—
Caitlin Huey-Burns,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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But the markets could be driven by a broader picture.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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On a recent Tuesday morning, as his parents were driving him to the federal prison in Connecticut where he'll be locked up for the foreseeable future, 20-year-old Matthew Lane sent a text message to ABC News.—
Mike Levine,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Members of both parties pressed the leader of a typically low-profile regulatory agency on the issue during a hearing on Thursday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The outreach suggests Musk is pressing ahead with Terafab in the face of skepticism from the semiconductor industry.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Trotsky’s arguments about revolution in one nation versus a revolution of the international proletariat, like the fine argumentative tracery of Paul’s Jewish Christians versus Greek ones, seemed vital to the movement at the time but weirdly trivial and abstract to those outside it.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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These sonobuoys typically work as part of a larger network, where multiple buoys are deployed over a wide area to create an underwater surveillance grid, allowing operators to triangulate and track submarine movements more accurately, as per reports.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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The long-running series is enjoying its latest act on Netflix after previously airing on Fox and USA, tantalizing viewers by thrusting four couples due for a reckoning into an exotic locale overflowing with sultry singles whose only goal is to flirt.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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On the witness stand, Shandelle thrust her head back, demonstrating how Braddy’s hands gripped her throat.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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Jeff's caretaker told CBS News Sacramento that he was found dead last weekend but the coroner has not officially released his name or cause of death.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Without this context, stories are more akin to ad copy for a seemingly noble cause than neutral, helpful reporting.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Push.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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