Thesaurus results for PUSHES

pushes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of push

as in shoves

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 squeezes

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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pushes

2 of 2

noun

plural of push

as in campaigns

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 pushes

Verb

The side of the other foot then pushes the ball away before the outside of the same foot snaps it back in the other direction. —

Stuart James, New York Times, 16 June 2026 Abby is the least judgmental of the people in his circle, but Eddie pushes her away, compounding his isolation. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026 Central Park Conservancy pushes back The Central Park Conservancy pushed back on the TWU's claims. —

Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 June 2026 The new budget pushes those goals to 2040 and 2050, giving us more time to reduce emissions in a more affordable way for ratepayers and still clean up our environment. —

Robert Duffy, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026 Griffin pushes Citadel to interrogate its methods and break industry precedent. —

Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 One of the women pushes a wide gurney against one wall and steps back, the video shows. —

Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2026 Lacking vegetation to hold the sand in place, the wind pushes it over the top, swallowing trees and anything else in its path. —

Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 Even if a possible outbreak pushes up prices, the changes would be incremental rather than a sudden jump like the price of eggs during the bird flu outbreak. —

Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

Noun

The chambers’ compromise pushes that change into next year’s budget as well. —

Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026 Which makes even Monday’s subtle pushes for better coordination with Israel very notable, given the usual lack of daylight between the GOP and Netanyahu. —

Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 June 2026 Republicans in Kansas and Democrats in Illinois both rebuffed party pushes to take up redistricting. —

ABC News, 3 June 2026 Aiyuk produced back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons in 2022 and ’23 as a major factor in the 49ers’ playoff pushes. —

Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 Snowflake and other large software vendors have been making major pushes to prove their long-term sustainability in the age of AI. —

Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 30 May 2026 Despite federal pushes to replace lead pipes in the state and the city over the last decade, including a mandate from the Biden administration to replace 20,000 pipes in Chicago every year, progress has been slow. —

Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026 This includes launches, fundraisers, product pushes. —

Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 The robot eventually gained the ability to walk forward and backward while maintaining balance after minor pushes. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushes

Verb

In a split second, Lou (Malcolm May) shoves the would-be shooter, whose gun accidentally goes off, but the bullets go in a different direction.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 June 2026
Alas, Shao Khan smashes Cole’s head with a hammer, Gallagher style, and shoves his body into a vat of acid.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 12 May 2026