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as in to crush
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of kept squeezing the bottle until the ketchup squirted all over the table

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as in to cram
to fit (people or things) into a tight space I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine

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as in to earn
to get with great difficulty managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses

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as in to push
to force one's way I was able to squeeze through the people clustered around the luggage carousel

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noun

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Verb
That creates a gap between what the market thinks AI can do and actual performance, squeezing both businesses and—in the case of translators—workers caught between the promise of superhuman efficiency and the reality of often flawed machine output. Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 Hassan’s team instead squeezed a photon’s intensity and demonstrated real-time control, fluctuating between intensity and phase-squeezing by adjusting the silica’s position relative to the beams. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
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In addition to tilt and pressure sensitivity, the Apple Pencil Pro adds squeeze and delete functions to the palette, along with a new barrel roll gesture and haptic vibrational feedback. PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025 Additionally, 57% report that obtaining a mortgage today would be difficult—up slightly from the prior month—further confirming the affordability squeeze. Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for squeeze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeeze
Verb
  • The drop in the currency has been driven in part by concerns over Milei’s political support ahead of key midterm elections later this month following a crushing defeat in a local vote in Buenos Aires province in early September.
    Nicolle Yapur, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Pinochet promptly reimbursed foreign mining companies, invited in foreign investors, and crushed domestic miners’ unions, moves with long-term ramifications.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • 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, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Use your backpack or your sleeping bag crammed into its compression sack beneath your forearms.
    Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • Loren insists that less prominent creators looking to earn more money by blurring the line between professional and personal could ultimately put them at risk, marking a stark warning for parents who may have children considering the side hustle.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The senior ended up with more than 50% of the vote, or 713 total, to earn the title of The Tennessean Student of the Week.
    Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When that happens, the refrigerant evaporates and gets compressed at a very high pressure–typically several hundred pounds per square inch.
    Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Still, crossing 200% is unusual and underscores future returns may be lower if multiples compress or growth cools, echoing Buffett’s long-standing preference for value and margin of safety.
    Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • Sofia Coppola’s cult-favorite (if historically murky-at-best) 2006 film Marie Antoinette plucked the queen from history-book pages and pasted her on contemporary mood boards.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Simply plucking young stars from viewers’ social-media feeds won’t radically alter or refresh SNL.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
  • For Rick Neuheisel, the moment was enough to push him over the edge emotionally.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The team successfully demonstrated quantum squeezing of the motion of a nanoscale particle, a motion whose uncertainty is smaller than the quantum mechanical fluctuations usually considered the ultimate limit.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Best Latex Pillow Saatva’s long been an Instagram darling, which was exactly what made contributor Sydney Gore want to test it out for herself.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The retraction is just the latest blow for a product that has been a darling of celebrities and influencers.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Squeeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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