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as in to compress
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box
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as in to pluck
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence
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as in squeezing
the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing
he gave the plastic bag a squeeze and then folded it up for storage
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as in darling
slang
a person with whom one is in love
she and her main squeeze are spending Valentine's Day at a romantic country inn
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Recent Examples of squeeze
Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Push tip through the top of each cupcake; slowly move tip around to create a hole, then squeeze about 3 seconds per cupcake.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
Who wants to deal with a greasy, slippery squeeze-tube?
—Claire West, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Then, however, the four men squeezed into Dietrich’s compact SUV.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Push tip through the top of each cupcake; slowly move tip around to create a hole, then squeeze about 3 seconds per cupcake.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
The district is still expecting a budget squeeze next school year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
Who wants to deal with a greasy, slippery squeeze-tube?
—Claire West, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeeze
Verb
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The verdict, delivered according to Artnews just hours before the Biennale’s submission deadline, was a crushing blow to Goliath and possibly leaves South Africa with no representative at the prestigious event.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
19 Feb. 2026
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The anxieties underlying her metafictional turn in the sorta-documentary The Moment—that the gears of commerce would either crush her as an artist or leave her in the dust—have proven to be unfounded.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2026
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Seven women were shown leaving for their post-pods tropical vacation with engagement rings on their fingers this season at the end of six episodes, which had multiple storylines crammed into the hourlong episodes.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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The communities that arose there became, to a near-comical degree, temporary cultural strongholds, crammed with artists, musicians, medics, and academics.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services.—
USA Today staff,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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China’s Xu Mengtao and Wang Xindi both won aerial skiing gold medals in the men's and women's events this week, earning them a matching set of hardware to take home from the Milan Cortina Games.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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The idea of compressing a mattress every day sounds like a shortcut to premature wear.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
20 Feb. 2026
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Vendors built on per-seat licensing and static tools are seeing their economics squeezed as AI systems compress development timelines and reduce maintenance overhead.—
David Stout,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Pet vacuums, for example, have bristles and brush rolls that pluck and pull hair up from carpets.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Angel Hold Hair Styling Cream gives expensive-looking waves and smooth, frizz-free hair that looks like you just got plucked up from a Greek vacation.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Rather than allowing a single hero product to dominate, Safdie expanded the narrative across collections, pushing further into tailoring and Old Hollywood references.—
Amy Francombe,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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Last July, Ukrainians took to the streets in rare wartime protests to push back against the government’s plans to weaken the independence of the country’s anti-corruption watchdogs.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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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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Designer-darling nail artist Jin Soon Choi topped fingers and toes at Proenza Schouler with a hazy cerulean polish named Sea Clay from her eponymous line.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Song Sung Blue actress has cemented herself as an awards season darling for her role as Claire Sardina, one half of a real-life Neil Diamond tribute band—and Hudson embraced a sartorial challenge while combining so many divisive trends into one monochromatic look on Sunday night.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Squeeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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