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
  • The leadership structure that remains suggests companies will increasingly absorb executive responsibilities across fewer people as AI compresses the distance between strategy and execution.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • This is the step where the barista compresses the ground coffee within the portafilter to create a dense puck.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of compresses
Verb
  • Luckily, this deal squashes that qualm by knocking over $300 from the sticker shocker!
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
  • Chicken, bacon, and ranch might as well be the holy trio that squashes all fights and satisfies every hangry complaint.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of squashes
Verb
  • Created by Chicago painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn, the image mashes up caricatures of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood into a glorious grotesquerie that channels the colorful glam-trash aesthetics of the band’s late-’70s phase.
    — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
  • The Nike Air Max Joga Bonito R9 mashes up the boot Ronaldo wore for the 1998 World Cup with the Air Max 95.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Definition of mashes
Verb
  • The video shows Ron Thompson appear to swing at Thompson, and Stephanie Daniels shoves her.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2026
  • Here in the famous Festival Theatre, the sprite Ariel, played in splendidly sprightly fashion by Marissa Orjalo, opens up the top of a piano, a piece of island flotsam and Prospero, in the form of the veteran actor Geraint Wyn Davies, shoves his coat inside, throws up his hands and closes the lid.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Definition of shoves
Verb
  • Intended to foster moderation, the top two system has instead functioned as a primary system that repeatedly squeezes Republicans.
    — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Apple’s iPhone and Mac sales are on the rise even as a global memory shortage squeezes device makers.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 30 July 2026
Definition of squeezes
Verb
  • And if the pizza isn’t enticing enough, Urban Cowboy’s cocktail program punches far above its weight class.
    — Beth Rankin, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
  • As the officer is pinned down, one person repeatedly punches her in the head while another appears to strike her with an unidentified object before a second officer intervenes.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of punches
Verb
  • The government has offered cash incentives to those willing to leave and pressures others to give up legal efforts by holding them in detention.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
  • If a company pressures you into signing a contract before evaluating other options, that’s a red flag.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of pressures
Verb
  • Frank’s ruling keeps the proposal to raise the homestead exemption up to $250,000 for Florida property owners on the ballot, but compels Attorney General James Uthmeier to rewrite parts of the plan.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The competitive pressure to achieve maximal adoption compels a convergence toward openness.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of compels
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“Squishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squishes. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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