as in to move
to leave a place often for another
the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on
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Recent Examples of push on
Yet at the same time, a broader anti-DEI push on the right has also ensnared Jewish projects, or generated confusion among university administrators as to whether Jewish events should be canceled on campuses where DEI is outlawed.
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Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Despite all of my research—my monastic study of the lines, my careful hunt for small edges, my righteous avoidance of the high-risk suckers’ bets that the apps were constantly pushing on me—I had been burned by a bad call from a random referee.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Third push on a cruiser, going quite fast.
—Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026
Some of those companies are still pushing on.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Despite all of my research—my monastic study of the lines, my careful hunt for small edges, my righteous avoidance of the high-risk suckers’ bets that the apps were constantly pushing on me—I had been burned by a bad call from a random referee.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Third push on a cruiser, going quite fast.
—Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026
Some of those companies are still pushing on.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push on
Verb
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Prisoners have been moved because of staffing, food, and capacity shortages at the facilities where they were being held.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The rain will start to clear out Sunday evening as the front moves through and begins to usher in drier, but cooler temperatures for next week.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Saks Global is one step closer to exiting bankruptcy.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
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Main Street owned roughly 15 channels, but at one point aired 30 MLB, NHL and NBA teams after exiting bankruptcy.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Lock your home before departing.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Delta Flight 104, an Airbus A330-300 carrying 272 passengers and 14 crew, had just departed São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport on Sunday when a mechanical problem struck its left engine, the airline confirmed to Fox News Digital.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The move will allow TSA employees to get their paychecks as early as March 30 instead of waiting for back pay after the shutdown ends.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hope Harvill got the game winner in the 17th minute off an assist by Paola Granados for the Mustangs.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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Could a straighter road make cars go faster?—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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But his team apparently has every intention of pushing off that coaching change as long as possible.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Every tattoo artist in residence at the shop is on a rotating walk-in schedule to ease customers’ worries of getting pushed off on less experienced tattooers, Vader said.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
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Sources said the man was arguing with his killer when the gunman pulled out a weapon and fired two shots.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Green was on the back of the vehicle, pulled out a gun and fired it multiple times toward a group that included several children, police said.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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About 20 Thomas Jefferson Middle School students walked out of class Wednesday afternoon, carrying signs protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement practices, the latest in a series of protests against ICE.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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At Citi Field, as Díaz had already walked out to a live rendition of the song performed by Timmy Trumpet.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20on. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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