wedges

present tense third-person singular of wedge
as in stuffs
to fit (people or things) into a tight space managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf

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Recent Examples of wedges With the confidence of someone who knows that he is well loved, the 145-pound dog wedges himself right between his two owners, sprawling out and enjoying a cuddle. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • And now, one such creation slithers, squeezes, and twists through the narrowest corners.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The surgeon withdraws the balloon and then squeezes the implant in through a sterile funnel before closing the incision.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • This technology has taken more than a decade to develop and consists of a three-layer diaphragm that sandwiches a soft foam layer between two layers of blended paper, resin and ZYLON, the high-performance material used in Yamaha’s flagship hi-fi speakers.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • AIAssistWorks loads into common apps like Google Sheets, Docs, and Slides.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Alexandra Shapiro and Brian Steel are in the cafeteria having a chat as the latter loads up on valuable potassium via a morning banana.
    NBC News, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Nutribullet Ultra crams a 1200-watt motor into its rather slim casing; that’s double the wattage of the Nutribullet Pro blender that’s a step down.
    Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Moreover, the study’s methodology crams certain ideologies under one umbrella that otherwise would not fit neatly into a political classification.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • Traffic regularly jams the freeway into the city, and residents fight over efforts to build more homes.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Someone breaks in, someone jams the signal from the home’s alarm system, someone monitors police radio traffic.
    Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2025

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“Wedges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedges. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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