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as in crumples
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry
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Recent Examples of scrunches
The clear formula is lightweight but substantial enough to create a cast that scrunches out softly, leaving hair touchable instead of stiff.
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Malia Griggs, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
Hiddleston scrunches his eyes a bit at the statement.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2025
Her nose scrunches up like something smells bad in here.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 19 Aug. 2025
Malia Griggs, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
Hiddleston scrunches his eyes a bit at the statement.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2025
Her nose scrunches up like something smells bad in here.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrunches
Verb
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My now-husband and I were newly a couple and still working out the kinks and crumples in an evolving relationship.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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The man crumples to the ground while the officer turns to walk away as the other officers stand by.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At the other end of the pitch, Robert Lewandowski crouches down on his haunches, eyes looking everywhere and nowhere, their nothingness saying everything.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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The girl crouches because there is no room to stand.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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To show me, Max reaches a metal pick into a tank of clear water and scrapes a white line that seems to hover in the center of the tank.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
3 Mar. 2026
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Today, Jake folds his own laundry.—
Stephen Johnson,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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The bag also folds and stays flat for storage.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Each month, Edward Flores crunches the numbers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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Energage administers an employee survey that covers 26 factors and then crunches the feedback data and scores companies based on the responses.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Scrunches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrunches. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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