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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 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
Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Each year, the halftime show pushes the boundaries, setting new standards in stage design, choreography, costuming and performance expertise.
—Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Its unnervingly jaunty melody pushes against devastating lyrics, and Simone kept updating its verses as new American horrors demanded acknowledgment.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Volpe never pushes for emotional effect, showing restraint with her use of Oliver Coates’ melancholy, pensive score.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Once the Arctic air pushes into the area, temperatures will quickly tumble.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
We might be pulled into a dynamic that pushes us to exert our frustrations or take the higher ground.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 30 Jan. 2026
Owner pushes for policy change Mirabal said the county has not contacted her about the incident.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Greater Georgia pushes back against Brian Kemp’s budget proposal.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Long Beach made a couple of pushes to get the deficit back to single digits, but every time Fullerton had an answer.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Every day included either coaches yelling at him or players bullying him with bumps, elbows and pushes.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Platform barriers have started to pop up in stations to prevent falls and pushes.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Many more have been used as trade pieces to boost playoff pushes, eating into the depth of a farm system that was ranked 26th by Baseball America before top prospect Leo De Vries was traded away last summer.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
While ads once were a small part of streaming, today all major subscription players, including Netflix, are making major ad pushes.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
Other mid-budget films and indies evaporated, despite good reviews and expensive pushes after festival acquisitions.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
While many Democrats opposed the compromise as the left pushes for an aggressive stance against ICE, the party isn’t united on the issue.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Each year, the halftime show pushes the boundaries, setting new standards in stage design, choreography, costuming and performance expertise.
—Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Its unnervingly jaunty melody pushes against devastating lyrics, and Simone kept updating its verses as new American horrors demanded acknowledgment.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Volpe never pushes for emotional effect, showing restraint with her use of Oliver Coates’ melancholy, pensive score.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Once the Arctic air pushes into the area, temperatures will quickly tumble.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
We might be pulled into a dynamic that pushes us to exert our frustrations or take the higher ground.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 30 Jan. 2026
Owner pushes for policy change Mirabal said the county has not contacted her about the incident.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Greater Georgia pushes back against Brian Kemp’s budget proposal.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
Unlike earlier hardware pushes that focused on training, the new chip targets inference, the continuous process of serving AI responses to users.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Long Beach made a couple of pushes to get the deficit back to single digits, but every time Fullerton had an answer.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Every day included either coaches yelling at him or players bullying him with bumps, elbows and pushes.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Platform barriers have started to pop up in stations to prevent falls and pushes.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Many more have been used as trade pieces to boost playoff pushes, eating into the depth of a farm system that was ranked 26th by Baseball America before top prospect Leo De Vries was traded away last summer.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
While ads once were a small part of streaming, today all major subscription players, including Netflix, are making major ad pushes.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
Other mid-budget films and indies evaporated, despite good reviews and expensive pushes after festival acquisitions.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushes
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In one video Pretti appears to intervene after an agent shoves a person.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
25 Jan. 2026
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The same officer shoves Pretti in his chest, leading Pretti and the other protester to stumble backward.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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This example of the latter skillfully squeezes a comfortable home for two into a single shipping container.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Jan. 2026
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As the moon follows an elliptical path, Saturn’s gravity stretches and squeezes it.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Dec. 2025
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Vrabel, who also won Coach of the Year with the Tennessee Titans in 2021, steered the Patriots to a 14-3 record and a berth in Super Bowl LX in his first season on the job, revitalizing the storied franchise following back-to-back 4-13 campaigns.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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With Mejia’s lead sitting at just 496 votes with 90% of precincts reporting, both campaigns said the race was still too close to call.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Unlike body composition metrics, BMI obscures the true extent of metabolic dysfunction and cannot distinguish between muscle and fat — or between superficial fat and the visceral fat that drives diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions.—
Bret Scher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some of what also drives Honnold is making the world a better place.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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But as her story ends, her career on the stage presses forward.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
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When closed, the sash presses firmly against the frame, which can help create a tight seal and limit air leakage.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Once markets started moving lower, thin liquidity intensified such price movements, according to several analysts who provided input for this article.—
Charles Lloyd Bovaird II,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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In stock markets abroad, indexes were mixed amid mostly modest movements in Europe following some sharper swings in Asia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Moore incident thrusts athletic department into the spotlight All of which leads to the most serious situation, the one involving Moore.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 Dec. 2025
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Yet failure of a particular task or major story beat does not spell game over but thrusts you into what could be an even more stressful situation.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The move effectively jams the upper chamber by including the repeal in the funding package without the necessary time to reverse course, giving the Senate no option but to approve it.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Traffic regularly jams the freeway into the city, and residents fight over efforts to build more homes.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Pushes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushes. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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