as in to eke out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrape (out)
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Wins like last night, eked out against an exceptionally sharp Jack Flaherty, are precious.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025 -
After Trump appointed 234 federal judges during his first term, Biden eked out just ahead by appointing 235, making diversity a priority in the process.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
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Consumer confidence has taken a nosedive in 2025 as Americans grow more concerned that inflation could spike again, and tariffs will squeeze their wallets.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025
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Mike Pavlik, whose family lived across the alley behind ours and who was the leadoff batter on our softball team, squeezed my arm.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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The saying goes that the only things to survive the apocalypse will be Twinkies and roaches.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Yes, the cast members who survived Season 1—Hunter Doohan (Tyler Galpin), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams), and Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester), alongside Ortega’s Wednesday Addams—will all be returning.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
23 Apr. 2025
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Whether through design, real estate, or social initiatives, Yemane’s businesses are all about impact, helping people build wealth, communities, and lasting relationships.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Great Migration brought many Black American artists and thinkers to New York City, famously spurring the Harlem Renaissance, which lasted from the end of World War I through the 1920s.—
Johanna K. Taylor,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Managing complex data flows, and wringing business value from them, is the business challenge of our time.—
Serge Lucio,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Procuring one can be so difficult that many organizations end up either picking the wrong one or trying to wring the last bit of use from an outdated system.—
Brian Haines,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Many cancer patients in these regions cannot afford or physically reach hospitals for frequent intravenous treatments.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Their financial situation may not be strong enough to afford raises, in which case this raises a red flag for your overall job security.—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And, while Robert E. Lee might have declined to resort to guerrilla warfare, many of his lieutenants carried on a program of suppression by terror.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Eventually, as Buffalo grew, most moved to the outer suburbs or other neighborhoods, but their influence carried on.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Two years on and the Sudanese army has managed to wrest back control of the capital Khartoum.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trump on Wednesday talked about wresting manufacturing jobs back to the United States, a process that could take years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Scrape (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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