SCRAPES (OUT) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

scrapes (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of scrape (out)

as in ekes out

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The low-rise waist sits comfortably on my hips and ensures that nothing squeezes my midsection, and the straight leg cut is incredibly flattering.

— Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026
Southwest squeezes past Carter-Riverside for the final berth, but both games could go either way.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of squeezes

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Its grid of streets, forum, theater, temples, baths and columns survives alongside its most famous monument, the three-arched gateway traditionally known as the Arch of Trajan.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Scrooge the literary character survives and revives as not only a man of Dickens’ time and place but as an archetype of our long and sketchy human history.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of survives

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Whether institutions keep buying as retail traders pull back will help show if this split lasts beyond the latest sell-off.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
This assortment also features the award-winning, bestselling Hoola Bronzer – ultra-fine, silky-soft powder builds and blends beautifully to create a natural-looking matte bronze that lasts all day.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of lasts

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Bass wrings both roteness and refinement out of examining the road to the altar.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
The intensity of the crowds vary from stop to stop (Czech came ready to rage at Rock for People in June), but Halsey persistently wrings herself out.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of wrings

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If New England somehow wrests the divison away from Buffalo, Vrabel gets serious consideration.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Like everything else that works here, Brie’s performance wrests the last scraps of freshness from a mode of filmmaking this movie knows is played out, but doesn’t have the particular strength to reinvent.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 June 2026

Definition of wrests

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