squooshing

present participle of squoosh

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for squooshing
Verb
  • But Grok’s issues are not the result of a novel algorithm behaving in novel ways so much as an algorithm compressing and refracting all of the worst tendencies of the internet in very predictable forms.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike regular audio formats like MP3 and AAC, which remove certain details while compressing an audio file, the lossless format preserves every detail from the original recording.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s no time to get your bearings; an EDM drop smashes everything to pieces, then a pained voice croons in the rubble while drunkenly mashing a detuned guitar.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
  • That includes mashing three home runs in 24 games since returning to Lake Elsinore after missing more than two months to a left quad strain.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With some of these storm-squashing factors set to lift in the next few weeks, as well as the usual swivel from storms spawning in the Atlantic to the much-closer Caribbean, some meteorologists worry that the worst is yet to come.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But don’t just stand there and dither until the world gets around to squashing you like a bug.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The video, which bears a watermark suggesting it was livestreamed on the video platform Kick, showed Jackson straddling Smith before repeatedly punching him in the face and the side of his head, even when Smith was lying motionless.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
  • New defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman harps on takeaways, and Smith is adept at punching the ball out of the hands of running backs and receivers.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Abughazaleh posted footage to her 117,000 followers on Instagram of an agent shoving her to the ground.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Matthew Gurich, the deputy seen on video shoving the woman outside the jail in downtown Sacramento, was fired from the Sheriff’s Office in April.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That could be due to tariffs squeezing automakers, disincentivizing them from giving discounts.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This could be done by either squeezing the regular season even tighter with more midweek fixtures or putting the Wembley final back a week.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Within days of Cracker Barrel’s decision to ditch Uncle Herschel, the company’s market cap had shed $143 million, 15% of its value, forcing it to reinstate its old branding and pause plans to remodel Cracker Barrel locations.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The current administration will continue to target DEI programs, forcing practitioners to stay vigilent and creative about their approaches to DEI.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Squooshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squooshing. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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