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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
Gentrification, driven by high rent prices and low housing stock, has pushed residents farther from the city center. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Ali said her father taught everything from Shakespeare to James Baldwin and often pushed his students beyond what was expected in the classroom. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
The 21-year-old Beyond Yoga has been starting on an expansion push. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 Economic costs The latest diplomatic push comes as Gulf states face mounting economic costs from the conflict. — Anniek Bao,sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 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
  • Like the people in that book, many of the subjects of The Castle have been shoved to the margins.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Eventually, Reacher bests Amisha by shoving her out of a window to fall to the street below.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of shove
Verb
  • Oil prices, meanwhile, continued to climb as fighting in the Middle East keeps squeezing the global flow of crude.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The price for a barrel of Brent crude went above $109 on Monday morning as fighting in the Middle East keeps squeezing the global flow of oil.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeeze
Noun
  • The campaign was expected to cover 14 health zones in Tshopo, Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele provinces.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Championships and Heisman Trophy campaigns and entire seasons swung on this rivalry.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of campaign
Verb
  • Maybe real New Yorkers do drive, because this is some serious New York behavior.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the deepest human transformations operate on a different layer of architecture—driven by adaptive, systemic processes that our analytical minds can’t fully dictate.
    — Patrick Murphy, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of drive
Verb
  • Those lawmakers pressed legislative leaders to revisit that exemption this year, and SB 954 is the resulting compromise, its proponents say.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Wendi fought to move them to South Florida to be near her family, while Markel pressed to keep them in Tallahassee, where the parents shared custody.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of press
Noun
  • The outbreak is spreading under extremely difficult conditions, fueled by insecurity, displacement, a health workers' strike and intense population movements.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Venus in your daily-life zone connects awkwardly with Uranus in your sign, increasing your appetite for novelty, movement, or a different way of doing things.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of movement
Verb
  • The situation thrust the team at NBC4 into a journalist’s nightmare—a tragedy where reporters become part of the story.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In its concluding episodes, the HBO juggernaut thrust an unearned heel turn on its female lead, rendered its climactic battle so dark viewers couldn’t see it, and ended over 70 hours of buildup with a rando on the Iron Throne.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 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 20 Sep. 2026.

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