wedges

Definition of wedgesnext
present tense third-person singular of wedge
as in stuffs
to fit (people or things) into a tight space managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf

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Recent Examples of wedges His constant companion since Claudine’s death is a small white Havanese dog named Ginger who wedges in next to him on his customary chair in his living room. Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026 Dad opens the door, wedges it with his right foot, slips tokens into the slot. Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 With the confidence of someone who knows that he is well loved, the 145-pound dog wedges himself right between his two owners, sprawling out and enjoying a cuddle. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • At home, Jonathan Wright, director of the Indianapolis art museum's park and gardens, stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots, and lets everything grow.
    Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Tyler Cameron happily stuffs his face at the launch of Panera's new salad stuffers during an intimate dinner in New York.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • For the United States, the blockade squeezes Iran’s already weakened economy by denying it long-term cash flow.
    Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The waves, which were first used in Boston in 2011, help spread things out so that runners don’t have to walk after the start, when Main Street in Hopkinton squeezes to just 39 feet wide.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Thank the aluminum alloy construction, which sandwiches a beech and poplar TrueBlend core and provides tons of stability at speed.
    Benjamin Tepler, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This team sandwiches seaweed sheets and rice paste into five micro-thin layers; the next steps involve dehydrating, resting, frying and shaping the end result into small cylinders filled with a tiny dice of tuna, or maybe cod milt in the winter.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The tragic discovery was made by a Union Pacific employee who loads and unloads cargo at the Union Pacific Railroad Port Laredo Intermodal Terminal before trains head north, The New York Timesreported.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • On the plus side, Lexus loads the RX with safety tech.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • Director Allan Deberton crams much story and characterization in those opening frames.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Instead, the show crams everything into a space that can't hold it, culminating in this past third season that exploded with too much of practically everything.
    Matthew Razak, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That crud jams up the works of your coffee maker, slows brewing down, and impacts the taste of your morning brew.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The move effectively jams the upper chamber by including the repeal in the funding package without the necessary time to reverse course, giving the Senate no option but to approve it.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026

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“Wedges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedges. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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