1
as in to collapse
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks
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2
as in to devote
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention
buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time
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Recent Examples of buckle
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 June 2025
For the finishing touches to her look, Queen Letizia added a pair of patent leather red shoes with a slight heel and buckle details.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 June 2025
Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
By Mark Chediak, Bloomberg The US clean energy industry is starting to buckle under the weight of persistently elevated borrowing costs, President Donald Trump’s anti-renewables policies and high tariffs.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
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Verb
Cardi opted for an over-the-top plunging leather blazer with strong shoulders and an outsized gold buckle from Balmain’s pre-fall 2025 collection.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 June 2025
For the finishing touches to her look, Queen Letizia added a pair of patent leather red shoes with a slight heel and buckle details.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 June 2025
Noun
Parts of key roads in Milwaukee and Green Bay, Wisconsin, suburbs were closed after buckling under searing heat Sunday, local officials said.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
By Mark Chediak, Bloomberg The US clean energy industry is starting to buckle under the weight of persistently elevated borrowing costs, President Donald Trump’s anti-renewables policies and high tariffs.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckle
Verb
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Together, they’re poised to do something far more radical: collapse the traditional SaaS model and usher in a new era of decentralized, intelligent orchestration.—
Deepinder Singh Sethi,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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In handcuffs, Miyake collapsed momentarily outside.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Alaska ranks third, with residents devoting about 14 percent of their monthly income to premiums.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Now, Koller is devoting much of her time to her lifelong passion for blending biology and machine learning as CEO and founder of insitro, a drug discovery and development company.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Sheen Falls Lodge is only a few miles outside the Ring of Kerry, the 111-mile loop that traces the coastline of the relaveragh Peninsula.—
Peter Terzian,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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But with two loops of the Mûr, another debate was over when the winner would attack — on the first loop, with 15km to go, or up the final climb.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
Verb
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But the story goes a little something like this: Cheyenne, along with her two older brothers, was taken in by their great-grandparents after their mother lost custody.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
6 July 2025
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But everything depends on next weekend’s figures after the arrival of the first major box office threat, and the bigger the box office impact, the faster Jurassic World’s plans for a billion dollar summer may go extinct.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Verb
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The age at which the earnings test no longer applies has changed as well.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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Complexity Classes In 1996, the time came for Williams to apply to colleges.—
Ben Brubaker,
Wired News,
13 July 2025
Noun
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In both groups, the outer portion of the brain, called the cortex, also had a larger surface area on average, with more folds and grooves.—
Maia Szalavitz,
Scientific American,
7 July 2025
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The first two kittens on screen have an intense gray fur, typical of Scottish folds, as the poster confirms in the comments.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
Verb
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The ranges are sourced from quarterly tax documents, and employers must give their permission for the department to release their names.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
14 July 2025
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After the winners were announced, the couples were given two envelopes, one of which contained the $100,000 cash prize and the other didn’t.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Agency decay manifests across the aspirational, emotional and intellectual realm, directly shaping our behavior, Which perpetuates the spiral that derives us ever deeper into artificial dependency.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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This brush’s flexible bristles are stout and widely spaced to minimize tugging and breaking tight spirals of hair.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
28 June 2025
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“Buckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckle. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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