Thesaurus results for PUSHED

pushed

verb

past tense of push

as in shoved

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 squeezed

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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Recent Examples of pushed If the Fed keeps rates on hold, Warsh will be pushed to explain why the central bank hiked in September but not this month. — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Rising chronic stress and a hunger for passive recovery spaces have pushed the concept out of clinical and special-education settings into mainstream residential yards. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Critic Roger Ebert had deemed the documentary the best movie of the year and pushed for its inclusion in the best picture lineup. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026 The commission said Google and Apple unfairly pushed app developers toward their own in-app payment systems while barring payments through external websites. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Some commenters say chore lists had already pushed them back to hotels. — Lena Borrelli, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 Censorship concerns Outside of China, some have pushed back against the backlash. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2026 With Bam Adebayo setting the Heat’s career rebounding record along the way, Erik Spoelstra’s team pushed past the Atlanta Hawks 129-117 Wednesday night at State Farm Arena. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Intel pushed back that timeline, now aiming to finish construction in 2030. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed

Verb

Brady Tkachuk quickly spun to face Ullmark and shoved the puck under the goalie’s pads for his seventh goal of the season.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
These are coaches who are being shoved into the mayhem, even as a method of survival.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of shoved

Verb

Apple has already implemented a series of price hikes on some of its hardware offerings due to rising memory costs, but margins can still be squeezed if the full increase wasn't passed through.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
But in Israel at least, creatives have been stymied in recent years by a plethora of measures that have left them squeezed between censorship at home and international boycotts.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezed

Verb

In March 2024, House Republicans released a previously undisclosed transcript of the Select Committee's interview with a Secret Service officer who drove the presidential SUV.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
But World Cup momentum drove results across linear TV and streamer ViX in Mexico, where TelevisaUnivision had rights to the matches.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of drove

Verb

For one day at least, the Thunder looked into the abyss and found hope in the next generation of players who suddenly will be thrust to the forefront.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Twenty years later, her politics thrust Huerta even more directly in the path of violence.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of thrust

Verb

The physical sales propelled the album to the top of the charts.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
Piker’s popularity among young left-leaning voters has propelled him beyond the internet and into the national spotlight as a prominent voice on the American left.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026