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Recent Examples of squish
The diner is squished between a bank and post office.
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Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
These are some of the oldest rocks on the planet—they’ve been heated, squished, melted, and faulted multiple times as Earth went through the growth, collision, and breakup of continents before being worn down by ice and exposed today.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
His stories have more sway and squish to them.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Plus, the door pockets are large enough to hold a Yeti or Stanley water bottle plus a Venti cup of coffee from Starbucks without squishing them in there.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
These are some of the oldest rocks on the planet—they’ve been heated, squished, melted, and faulted multiple times as Earth went through the growth, collision, and breakup of continents before being worn down by ice and exposed today.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
His stories have more sway and squish to them.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Plus, the door pockets are large enough to hold a Yeti or Stanley water bottle plus a Venti cup of coffee from Starbucks without squishing them in there.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for squish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squish
Verb
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The compact vacuum even blows up air mattresses and compresses vacuum storage bags.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Even when compressed up to 20 times, the accuracy is still about 60%.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Want to know what a stunning defeat sounds like? Squishing and squooshing.—
Jacob Feldman,
SI.com,
8 Sep. 2017
Verb
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Schwarber, a former Red Sox player, mashed a career-high 56 home runs this season.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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In addition to hype surrounding the pie itself, shoppers are sharing their love for mashing a piece of the pumpkin pie in a cup of Costco soft serve ice cream (available in the food court) to make a do-it-yourself sundae.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mum used whatever kind of squash the sabziwala (vegetable seller) brought that week.—
Romy Gill,
Saveur,
22 Oct. 2025
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Thus, even if a farmer primarily relied on corn for sustenance and/or trade, planting beans and squash alongside the maize increased the nutritive value of the same area.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Jones attempted to help the quarterback up to his feet before Rodgers quickly shoved him aside.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Barely caring that the fake-tin ceiling was peeling off in one corner and had to be shoved back up once or twice a week with a broomstick.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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In a sector already squeezed by rising land prices, material costs, and labor shortages, those weeks of manual quantification represent millions of dollars in overhead that never swing a hammer.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Made mostly of muscle without a bone in their bodies, these wonderful weirdos can squeeze into spaces scarcely bigger than their eyeballs.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The student who Kamo’s son was initially trying to avoid began punching him.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
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Which American League powerhouse will punch a ticket to the World Series?—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Follow what feels fun and freeing, not forced.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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In Wisconsin, the legal bar to force someone into mental health treatment is high.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Squish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squish. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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