Thesaurus results for SHOEHORN

shoehorn

verb

Definition of shoehorn

as in to cram

to fit (people or things) into a tight space the organizers of the county fair shoehorned the craft booths between the midway and the farm exhibits

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Recent Examples of shoehorn The easiest thing to do would have been to shoehorn one player into Arvidsson’s spot next to Pavel Zacha and Casey Mittelstadt. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 In the meantime, without a spot to shoehorn in a Starliner docking, NASA nailed down its plans for cargo and crew missions for the remainder of 2026. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026 Too often, modern technologies, like inter-device connectivity and artificial intelligence, are shoehorned into gadgets that would be more intuitive to use, affordable, accessible, and/or durable without them. — ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026 For the second year in a row, luminant Vermont indie folk rock breakout Lily Seabird is kind enough to shoehorn a Nevada City gig into her West Coast touring docket — this year with her full band after last year’s solo soiree. — Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shoehorn

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The wealthiest travelers have stopped trying to cram everything in.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
The semiconductor giant says it's now managed to cram nearly 100 billion tiny transistors on to a chip the size of a human fingernail.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 June 2026

Definition of cram

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The result is a new generation of patients planning trips around treatments rather than squeezing appointments into an existing vacation.

— Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
With inflation squeezing their margins and rideshare platforms demanding a large share of their earnings, a driver’s split-second decision to accept a fare is a high-stakes calculation of business survival.

— Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Definition of squeeze

Verb

After Haissem Hassan took down Nicolás Tagliafico in the box, Lionel Messi took the penalty kick, but his shot toward the right side of the goal was stuffed by a diving Mostafa Shoubir!

— NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2026
Over the past year, a wave of Strategy copycats have stuffed public companies with crypto in a bid to lift their share prices, but that trade has largely lost steam.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 6 July 2026

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