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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
Kimberly Gedeon,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
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Alisha Prakash,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
Like many European carmakers, it has been squeezed by fresh tariffs on its exports to the United States as well as struggling to counter the rise of Chinese electric vehicles manufacturers, including BYD.
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Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Until then, concern that the smartphone market would continue to be squeezed by memory chip shortages had led investors to take a cautious view on Qualcomm’s prospects.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
The fact that deals are objectively thinner than in previous years — sellers squeezed by tariffs, average order sizes down 17% — doesn’t suppress the behavior.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The flagship cryptocurrency, in roughly its eighth month of a bear market, is being squeezed from both macroeconomic and industry-specific headwinds.
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Tanaya MacHeel,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
Achraf Hakimi squeezed past Anthony Ralston and a three-v-one situation unfolded as Morocco approached the halfway line.
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Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Clinicians, squeezed by documentation and administrative load, can lose sight of their real role too.
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Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Verb
The performance uptick that Motorola squeezed from the 2026 Razr+ is minor at best, with results showing no significant year-over-year gains.
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Kimberly Gedeon,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
—
Alisha Prakash,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
Like many European carmakers, it has been squeezed by fresh tariffs on its exports to the United States as well as struggling to counter the rise of Chinese electric vehicles manufacturers, including BYD.
—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Until then, concern that the smartphone market would continue to be squeezed by memory chip shortages had led investors to take a cautious view on Qualcomm’s prospects.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
The fact that deals are objectively thinner than in previous years — sellers squeezed by tariffs, average order sizes down 17% — doesn’t suppress the behavior.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The flagship cryptocurrency, in roughly its eighth month of a bear market, is being squeezed from both macroeconomic and industry-specific headwinds.
—
Tanaya MacHeel,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
Achraf Hakimi squeezed past Anthony Ralston and a three-v-one situation unfolded as Morocco approached the halfway line.
—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Clinicians, squeezed by documentation and administrative load, can lose sight of their real role too.
—
Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeezed
Adjective
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But most Americans would be hard-pressed to find it.
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Not all fashions from the Roman Empire stand up to present scrutiny—you’d be hard pressed to find a toga worn anywhere but a frat party, for instance.
Verb
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Often the materials are crushed, milled, then reused directly on-site at the job where they were removed.
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But most of those indigenous sites are inaccessible to the public, or they have been buried and crushed under the foundations of new skyscrapers and development.
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Being based in southern England, its Latin language is crammed full of English place-names containing the sound /w/, like Winchester, Worcester and Wallingford.
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The catch is that most contractors already have yards crammed with the old-style kit, and while wooden boards wear out after a few years of use, steel tubes can last indefinitely so long as they’re maintained.
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His performance earned him hearty pats on the back from Counsell when he was pulled in the sixth and loud cheers from the strong Cubs contingent among the 40,193 fans at American Family Field.
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Adorni insisted the money was earned legitimately including through cryptocurrency investments.
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This is particularly important because modern business decisions are increasingly compressed.
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During the peak in 2021 and 2022, C’Ganti has said pricing between Class A, B, and C properties was compressed.
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On the walls, black-and-white printouts of newspaper articles, magazines and book pages looked like they were plucked from a Pinterest board on scrapbooking.
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Despite his young age, the then 36-year-old was far from a nobody plucked from the ether, though.
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Earlier this week Iran also pushed back against a statement from France’s President Emmanuel Macron that said France, Oman and others would collaborate on removing mines from the strait.
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Falling oil prices and the easing of a commodities crunch have pushed countries — wary of being left exposed by another global crisis akin to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — to shore up their stockpiles.
Adjective
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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.
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