1
as in soft
giving easily to the touch
a squishy beanbag chair
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2
as in approximate
not precisely correct
those are awfully squishy estimates for the final cost of a new football stadium
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Recent Examples of squishy
Fun Variations This playdough is super soft and squishy without being overly sticky.
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Sherri Gordon, Parents, 20 Jan. 2026
But the petitioners say those promises are squishy.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 13 Jan. 2026
If their system works, the squishy descendants of WALL-E and R2D2 can look forward to undersea adventures – or in their miniature versions á la Fantastic Voyage, adventures inside your own body.
—New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2025
The metaverse was a squishy concept, pitched to a populace that had just emerged from Covid lockdowns and wanted little more than to be around other humans offline, in real life.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
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Sherri Gordon, Parents, 20 Jan. 2026
But the petitioners say those promises are squishy.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 13 Jan. 2026
If their system works, the squishy descendants of WALL-E and R2D2 can look forward to undersea adventures – or in their miniature versions á la Fantastic Voyage, adventures inside your own body.
—New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2025
The metaverse was a squishy concept, pitched to a populace that had just emerged from Covid lockdowns and wanted little more than to be around other humans offline, in real life.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squishy
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They were headed home when the fresh snow, light and soft, suddenly descended from the slopes as one of the most ferocious forces of nature.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Your next best friend Weebles is the ultimate low-maintenance companion looking for a soft place to land in 2026!—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Deputies who are in a pursuit are required to drive with lights and sirens on, and the initial deputy must communicate the start of a pursuit and its reason, the exact location and direction of travel and approximate speeds and traffic conditions, according to BSO’s policy.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2026
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Still, rates right now remain competitive, and they're not expected to drop substantially anytime soon, allowing savers to establish an approximate idea of their future earnings.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The 32-year-old British musician first stepped into the spotlight on The X Factor as a floppy-haired teenager before becoming part of One Direction, the boy band that defined a generation of pop fandom.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2026
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From the colorful, floppy hairstyles of Korean boy band Stray Kids, or the non-binary wardrobes of trailblazing singers like G-Dragon of Big Bang and Seonghwa of ATEEZ, K-pop’s male idols have long fostered diverse expressions of masculinity.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Asked about now-unavailable data and information, a spokesman for Kennedy said the premise of the Associated Press’ inquiry was flawed and relied on selective and inaccurate characterizations.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Heathcliff, too, benefits from some delightfully inaccurate outfitting.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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About a dozen of us from an Adventure Canada expedition cruise walked across spongy tundra and up one gnarly gneiss rock formation after another.—
Robert Annis,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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While mushroom poisonings have been concentrated further north, word of the deaths and illnesses has trickled down to Southern California, sparking fear among those who are wary of the spongy wonders, said Rudy Diaz, president of the Los Angeles Mycological Society.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Soggy soil can cause mushy stems and roots.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
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Tulip bulbs in otherwise good condition—not mushy or soft, not dried out and crispy—should still be planted.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Squishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squishy. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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