Thesaurus results for SQUOOSHING

squooshing

verb

present participle of squoosh

as in squishing

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It will be closed by leaders who decide that creating new value beats endlessly compressing old value.

— Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The result is an entire ocean’s worth of wind and waves all compressing together to get through what is a seriously small bottleneck.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of compressing

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This is what a clever Fair food looks like, mashing classics together in a really simple way.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2026
The idea of mashing avocado onto bread wasn’t new then—the Australian chef Bill Granger had been doing it since the 90s, and home cooks had surely arrived at the pairing on their own.

— Mary Holland, Air Mail, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of mashing

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Instead of squashing a volume into an area, these universes seem to cram all the dimensions into a lone quantum point.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
The east-side neighbors going to court join two other communities who have filed lawsuits in hopes of squashing developers' plans to spend millions of dollars on data centers.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of squashing

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Since the turn of the century, car makers have been among the crown jewels of the German economy, punching above their weight in terms of investment and innovation.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
See, the way my thighs are set up, running long distance in a pair of shorty shorts would just mean punching a one-way ticket to Chafe-town.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of punching

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The show seems to hope that the thrill of fan service will do the heavy lifting, shoving one seemingly meaningful cameo appearance after another in front of the camera.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
According to the suit, the video depicts the staff member grabbing a Black student from behind, spinning him around, grabbing him by the shirt and shoving him repeatedly into the metal roll-down door of a concession stand.

— Eric Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoving

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Moreover, the short extension of the trade armistice only underscores its fragility; Beijing is still squeezing flows of rare earths to extract concessions from the US and coerce its allies, including Japan.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2026
That high pressure and the burgeoning nor’easter are squeezing the air between them, increasing wind speeds along the East Coast.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of squeezing

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Rather than forcing you to adapt to a permanently stitched grid of elastic loops, the M3 utilizes heavy-duty, modular pages.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
The wars caused massive destruction of religious and civic buildings, mills and mines, housing, crops, herds and transport infrastructure, damaging prosperity and forcing some people to move or starve.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

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