Thesaurus results for SHOEHORN

shoehorn

verb

Definition of shoehorn

as in to cram

to fit (people or things) into a tight space the organizers of the county fair shoehorned the craft booths between the midway and the farm exhibits

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Recent Examples of shoehorn Too often, modern technologies, like inter-device connectivity and artificial intelligence, are shoehorned into gadgets that would be more intuitive to use, affordable, accessible, and/or durable without them. — ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026 In the meantime, without a spot to shoehorn in a Starliner docking, NASA nailed down its plans for cargo and crew missions for the remainder of 2026. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026 The easiest thing to do would have been to shoehorn one player into Arvidsson’s spot next to Pavel Zacha and Casey Mittelstadt. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 Do me a favor, call up that agent that was foolish enough to shoehorn you into this business and this show and tell him to lower the ticket prices. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shoehorn

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Streams of cool kids dressed in all-black tank tops, slip dresses and leather pants crammed into the old town, sipping cocktails as DJs slid faders.

— Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Croatian media published photos from a crowded sports hall in Omis where people crammed on beds and on the floor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of cram

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Cheap electric cars dominate one end of the market, Tesla occupies the premium end, and the middle is getting squeezed.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Washington is trying to choke Iran's ability to get its crude out while Tehran is squeezing the artery through which everybody else's crude gets through.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of squeeze

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Take one scroll through his Instagram account, which shows off photos of trotters (pig feet) stuffed with sweetbreads (animal pancreas) and Alsatian headcheese (a mold made of pig scraps, usually from the animal’s head).

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
Reducing exposure requires multifactor authentication, credential-stuffing protection, anomaly detection, and clear customer notification and recovery processes.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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