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squishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of squish
as in compresses

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  1. compresses
  2. squashes
  3. mashes
  4. shoves
  5. squeezes
  6. punches
  7. pressures
  8. compels
Verb
  • Much like an engine compresses fuel before ignition, FLARE first assembles the fuel to high density before delivering a separate, rapid burst of energy to trigger fusion.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • None of that compresses into a 12-month window, no matter how well resourced the effort.
    — Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of compresses
Verb
  • Designed to cut down on bulk, these cubes use a handy zipper system that squashes down the clothing inside each cube.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Luckily, this deal squashes that qualm by knocking over $300 from the sticker shocker!
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
Definition of squashes
Verb
  • This time round, Horvat is on to something even more deliciously odd with a study that mashes together grief, matrimonial disharmony, the alien nature of mathematical minds, and desire’s wild pursuit of obscure objects.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Starling Marte mashes one The hometown fans, who appeared to be outnumbered among the 24,225 at The K, had something to cheer in the fourth inning.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of mashes
Verb
  • Taege shoves Maulson, who is handcuffed, and Maulson falls to the pavement, hitting his head.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • When Molly holds out her empty hand, Yvette stares at it, then shoves her dustpan under one arm, laces her fingers through Molly’s.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of shoves
Verb
  • That means if a trade war squeezes household spending, disrupts supply chains or generates ill will among local constituencies, there’s a chance the NHL (and at least 10 clubs) feels the pinch.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • People’s financial margin for error is generally pretty small, and just the rising cost of most everything just squeezes them more and more.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeezes
Verb
  • Derrick Henry punches it in from 3 yards out a play later to take the lead.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The kitchen, meanwhile, is the most impressive part of the house and really punches above its weight for such a compact model.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of punches
Verb
  • That pressures the economy because higher yields make borrowing money more expensive for everyone, while also undercutting prices for stocks and other investments.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • High inflation also pressures the Fed to reduce the money supply by increasing interest rates, making cheap credit harder to get.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pressures
Verb
  • However, the necessity of operating without a financial safety net compels one to internalize these lessons.
    — Shreyans Lodha, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • And most of them did not choose the economic arrangement that compels them to burn that carbon, that splits labor and leisure in this way, that organizes work and pleasure around certain kinds of mobility.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of compels
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