sandwiches

Definition of sandwichesnext
present tense third-person singular of sandwich
as in stuffs
to fit (people or things) into a tight space sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow

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Recent Examples of sandwiches This team sandwiches seaweed sheets and rice paste into five micro-thin layers; the next steps involve dehydrating, resting, frying and shaping the end result into small cylinders filled with a tiny dice of tuna, or maybe cod milt in the winter. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026 The Japanese-Style Egg Salad Sandwich sandwiches egg salad made with Kewpie Mayonnaise (a Japanese mayo) between slices of milk bread. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025 The secret to these bars is using confectioners’ sugar in the dough to get a crisp edge with a soft center bite that sandwiches a gooey, cinnamon sugar ribbon running through the middle. Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025 This technology has taken more than a decade to develop and consists of a three-layer diaphragm that sandwiches a soft foam layer between two layers of blended paper, resin and ZYLON, the high-performance material used in Yamaha’s flagship hi-fi speakers. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandwiches
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  • Tramon Mark scores 21 points, Matas Vokietaitis (22 points) tops 20 points for the first time in SEC play, and Dailyn Swain stuffs the stat sheet with 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
    Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Unbeknownst to everyone else, Louise stuffs the turkey costumes with actual exploding meat guts meant to soak the audience in an effort to be released from school early.
    Lillian Brown, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2023
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  • For a band that jams in finger-freezing weather during the Chicago winter, the long lines to get inside Christkindlmarket have been a silver lining.
    Noel Brennan, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Traffic regularly jams the freeway into the city, and residents fight over efforts to build more homes.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The thieves check the balance when a customer purchases a card and loads funds onto it, then drain the card of funds before the customer can use it, officials said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Dec. 2025
  • As its average shopper loads up on 15 items per basket, the company is betting a growing share of those items will be alcohol-free.
    Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The Nutribullet Ultra crams a 1200-watt motor into its rather slim casing; that’s double the wattage of the Nutribullet Pro blender that’s a step down.
    Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Moreover, the study’s methodology crams certain ideologies under one umbrella that otherwise would not fit neatly into a political classification.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
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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
  • View gallery - 12 images This recently completed tiny house squeezes a lot of living space into a compact footprint using clever design.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Dad opens the door, wedges it with his right foot, slips tokens into the slot.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
  • With the confidence of someone who knows that he is well loved, the 145-pound dog wedges himself right between his two owners, sprawling out and enjoying a cuddle.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Sandwiches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandwiches. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.

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