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as in compresses
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 plucks
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 darlings
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 squeezes
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
At one point, the SUV squeezes past a traffic cone while making a left turn and narrowly avoids colliding with a large truck.
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Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
View gallery - 10 images Intended for full-time living, the Porto squeezes a lot into its modest footprint.
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New Atlas,
8 June 2026
Even Zach Cherry squeezes plenty from his part as the dealership’s manager, who grows loudly resentful when Nate seems more emotionally invested in his biological children than coworkers.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
27 May 2026
War squeezes African, Asian economies further The fallout of the Iran war deepened globally as countries struggled to contain the impact of rising fuel and commodity prices.
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Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
22 May 2026
So this market squeezes big flavors out of a shorter season and doesn't open until July.
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Jen Crystal,
Midwest Living,
22 May 2026
For the United States, the blockade squeezes Iran’s already weakened economy by denying it long-term cash flow.
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Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
The waves, which were first used in Boston in 2011, help spread things out so that runners don’t have to walk after the start, when Main Street in Hopkinton squeezes to just 39 feet wide.
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ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
4 June 2026
With the apparel market forecast to grow 2-4 percent per year between 2023 and 2028—a steep falloff from the 7–14 percent seen during the post-Covid recovery—executives are homing in on more immediate budget squeezes.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
That limits the ability for unexpected good news to trigger short squeezes that send the stock flying.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
First, they are set up for serious short squeezes because the surrounding verbiage is so toxic.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
There had only been six previous go-ahead late-inning squeezes — by the Giants in the 2014 NLCS, the Nationals in the 2014 NLDS, the Yankees in the 1996 ALDS, the Mets in the 1969 World Series, the Red Sox in the 1918 World Series and the Braves in the 1914 World Series.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Using your hands, give the leaves 2 to 3 aggressive squeezes.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
Simple exercises, such as ball squeezes, towel twists, dead hangs, and farmers' carries, can build grip strength using everyday items or basic equipment.
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Aubrey Bailey,
Verywell Health,
8 Sep. 2025
Worst of all, thanks to sporadic bouts of spot alopecia, too many squeezes of a lash curler and irritating makeup removal can spark a lash shed for me.
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Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
With electric vehicles continuing to gain share, that further squeezes European carmakers.
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Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
At one point, the SUV squeezes past a traffic cone while making a left turn and narrowly avoids colliding with a large truck.
—
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
View gallery - 10 images Intended for full-time living, the Porto squeezes a lot into its modest footprint.
—
New Atlas,
8 June 2026
Even Zach Cherry squeezes plenty from his part as the dealership’s manager, who grows loudly resentful when Nate seems more emotionally invested in his biological children than coworkers.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
27 May 2026
War squeezes African, Asian economies further The fallout of the Iran war deepened globally as countries struggled to contain the impact of rising fuel and commodity prices.
—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
22 May 2026
So this market squeezes big flavors out of a shorter season and doesn't open until July.
—
Jen Crystal,
Midwest Living,
22 May 2026
For the United States, the blockade squeezes Iran’s already weakened economy by denying it long-term cash flow.
—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
The waves, which were first used in Boston in 2011, help spread things out so that runners don’t have to walk after the start, when Main Street in Hopkinton squeezes to just 39 feet wide.
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ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
This summer, find citrus scents that range from bracingly tart yuzu to soft, floral squeezes of orange blossom and bergamot.
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Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
4 June 2026
With the apparel market forecast to grow 2-4 percent per year between 2023 and 2028—a steep falloff from the 7–14 percent seen during the post-Covid recovery—executives are homing in on more immediate budget squeezes.
—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
That limits the ability for unexpected good news to trigger short squeezes that send the stock flying.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
First, they are set up for serious short squeezes because the surrounding verbiage is so toxic.
—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
There had only been six previous go-ahead late-inning squeezes — by the Giants in the 2014 NLCS, the Nationals in the 2014 NLDS, the Yankees in the 1996 ALDS, the Mets in the 1969 World Series, the Red Sox in the 1918 World Series and the Braves in the 1914 World Series.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Using your hands, give the leaves 2 to 3 aggressive squeezes.
—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
Simple exercises, such as ball squeezes, towel twists, dead hangs, and farmers' carries, can build grip strength using everyday items or basic equipment.
—
Aubrey Bailey,
Verywell Health,
8 Sep. 2025
Worst of all, thanks to sporadic bouts of spot alopecia, too many squeezes of a lash curler and irritating makeup removal can spark a lash shed for me.
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Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeezes
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This mandate creates an environment that crushes most of the students it is intended to develop.
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For someone already carrying that kind of low-grade worry, a surprise $4,000 surgery bill is the type of shock that crushes a stable-looking budget.
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Director Allan Deberton crams much story and characterization in those opening frames.
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Instead, the show crams everything into a space that can't hold it, culminating in this past third season that exploded with too much of practically everything.
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Whether La Roja earns another star or comes crashing back down to earth remains to be seen.
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The brand that saves time, reduces friction and feels like it was designed for their actual life earns the right to become emotional later.
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Sitting for hours on end compresses joints and reduces circulation of synovial fluid, the body’s natural joint lubricant.
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The Great Flattening Of SaaS AI compresses time.
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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
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But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
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Meta announced its new set of smart glasses priced at $299, undercutting some of its earlier models as the company pushes to bring wearables to a broader audience.
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When an agent moves money inside a payments platform, alters a record in a hospital network or pushes code into production, the damage is harder to contain.
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Outside of the hospital, Emmy darlings Julianne Nicholson and Allison Janney should score nominations for their work on Paradise and The Diplomat, respectively.
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That changed on Monday, when Cape Verde and its 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha became early darlings of the World Cup after holding European champion Spain, one of the tournament favorites, to a scoreless draw in their opening match.
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The complicated scramble of grief still presses down on him every day.
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The user presses the play button and NTS’s global programming takes over.
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“Squeezes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeezes. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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