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as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space
I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine
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as in compressed
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box
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as in plucked
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence
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Recent Examples of squeezed
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Tens of billions of dollars in corporate loans are likely to default over the next year as companies, especially software and data services firms owned by private equity, get squeezed by the AI threat, Mish said in a Wednesday research note.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
The scripts often resemble feature-length projects in page count, but everything gets squeezed.
—Lauren Wilson, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
At that time, city officials acknowledged that residents already felt financially squeezed, and a plethora of taxes or bonds from other entities appearing on the ballot could further erode support for a parcel tax.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
In 2018, Peters co-sponsored the TAA for Automation Act, which would have extended the same benefits to workers squeezed by AI and robotics.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
With their vaunted defense, the Seahawks grabbed the Patriots and squeezed them into submission.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Impacciatore, squeezed into a skin-tight Power Rangers suit, performed an entire clowning routine where she’s accosted by abstract embodiments of various winter sports throughout history.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
As the continents sheared and twisted unevenly, local forces squeezed together thin ribbons of crust and popped them up like geological meerkats, isolating and slicing them off.
—Evan Howell, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
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In an ecosystem squeezed by the brutal economics of streaming and the continuing struggles of the theatrical model, far too many worthy films go unsold and unseen.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Tens of billions of dollars in corporate loans are likely to default over the next year as companies, especially software and data services firms owned by private equity, get squeezed by the AI threat, Mish said in a Wednesday research note.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
The scripts often resemble feature-length projects in page count, but everything gets squeezed.
—Lauren Wilson, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
At that time, city officials acknowledged that residents already felt financially squeezed, and a plethora of taxes or bonds from other entities appearing on the ballot could further erode support for a parcel tax.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
In 2018, Peters co-sponsored the TAA for Automation Act, which would have extended the same benefits to workers squeezed by AI and robotics.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
With their vaunted defense, the Seahawks grabbed the Patriots and squeezed them into submission.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Impacciatore, squeezed into a skin-tight Power Rangers suit, performed an entire clowning routine where she’s accosted by abstract embodiments of various winter sports throughout history.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
As the continents sheared and twisted unevenly, local forces squeezed together thin ribbons of crust and popped them up like geological meerkats, isolating and slicing them off.
—Evan Howell, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeezed
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The full ad, which dropped on Thursday, features a virtually unrecognizable Fieri clad in sensible slacks and a pressed button-up, without his iconic frosted tips or goatee.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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New England’s Drake Maye, 23, is the second-youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl (Dan Marino was the youngest) and will be hard-pressed to find much success against Seattle’s dominant defense.—
Keven Lerner,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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The result is that all the protons and electrons in the star are crushed into neutrons, and the mass of the incredibly dense object remains comparable to the sun, but the size is comparable to a city, as explained by NASA.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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When Heathcliff, a foundling, discovers that Cathy Earnshaw, the daughter of the impoverished Yorkshire lord who’s taken him in, has played a prank on him by putting eggs in his beds to be crushed, the boy plunges his fingers into the slippery puddle of yolk and albumen left behind.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026
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In 2010, police discovered a body in the wine cellar, crammed into a hole.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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The result is a stellar remnant with a mass between one and two times the mass of the sun, filled with neutron-rich matter crammed into a width of around 12 miles (20 kilometers).—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Terrance Gore, a baseball player whose remarkable speed earned him spots on three championship teams, including the 2020 Dodgers, died Friday, the Kansas City Royals announced on social media.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Hegseth earned a master's degree from Harvard but symbolically returned his diploma in a 2022 Fox News segment.—
JOCELYN GECKER,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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When the surface of the skin is touched, compressed, or struck, these sensors convert mechanical force into electrical signals.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
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When investors have less confidence in future growth, the P/E will get compressed.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Over at Azur on Luminara, the menu reinvents itself every two days to mirror the port of call, like someone plucked the best taverna dishes off the coast and casually plated them in front of you.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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This is ideal for decades of sliding across the ice, because bigger mineral grains are more likely to get plucked out by the ice, leaving holes in the surface that could cause unpredictable behavior.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal title in October 2025 and pushed out of his vast home at Royal Lodge after reports of his association with Epstein hit a fever pitch.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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YouTube pushed back on addiction claims YouTube wasn’t originally part of the lawsuit; Kaley and her mother decided to add it after learning about the platform’s addictive qualities, Lanier said.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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China’s military has unveiled a combat drone converted from a Soviet–era fighter jet, a development that could enable massed drone attacks in any future conflict over Taiwan.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Squeezed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeezed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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