Thesaurus results for WEDGING

wedging

verb

present participle of wedge

as in squeezing

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 wedging Which West team has the best chance of wedging its way into the OKC-San Antonio tier? — The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 29 May 2026 The Cook County medical examiner’s office found that the fatal shot pierced Rivera’s skin near her left armpit and traveled through both her lungs, wedging itself in her ribs, autopsy records show. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Water flossers can help remove impacted food from around bridges and wires, places where wedging floss might be uncomfortable or difficult. — Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2026 The Tucson hit both vehicles and an unoccupied NYPD vehicle before finally coming to a stop after slamming into and wedging under an 18-wheel tractor-trailer. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026 As Sundance became a global icon, part of its identity stemmed from wedging this gorilla of a festival into the birdcage of a tiny resort town. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026 The couple often kept the window closed by wedging a pole into the window track, records show, but knew that some of the children in the home had learned how to remove it the previous December. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026 Yet more squatters arrived, wedging homes and alleys into the most improbable gaps. — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 Video showed federal agents on Tuesday breaking the passenger side window of the car while attempting to stop the female driver, who appeared to be wedging agents between her vehicle and another car blocking the road. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026

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Reserve interest on the float is the industry's revenue model, so an era of flat supply and rising turnover pays the networks, processors and platforms that charge per transaction while squeezing the companies that earn per dollar parked.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
At one point, up to 20,000 mariners and 2,000 ships were stuck in the Gulf, with only a few vessels squeezing through the strait each day.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

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The situation is also symptomatic of broader strains on the country's higher education system, where grossly limited spots leave millions cramming for months, or even years, and high-stakes entrance exams leave many of them burnt out and in debt.

— Sakshi Dayal, USA Today, 22 July 2026
An early 2022 op-ed in the University of Calgary’s student newspaper described the idea as the antithesis of hustle culture, one that finds satisfaction in mundane tasks rather than cramming productivity into every waking moment.

— Allison Palmer July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

Definition of cramming

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He’s been jamming with The Internet again, his collective with childhood friends Syd and Matt Martians, who emerged from the Odd Future nexus to become a pacesetting act for young R&B and hip-hop fans.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Growing up, Tanner Dane and his best-friends-turned-bandmates used to spend hours and hours jamming in his Elgin attic.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of jamming

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The strategy is to buy the call option one strike below the current price and simultaneously sell the call option one strike above it, effectively sandwiching the live price between my strikes.

— Nishant Pant, CNBC, 21 July 2026
The Bills’ offense had run 15 of the game’s previous 18 plays, sandwiching two long drives around a Denver three-and-out.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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