as in to compress
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Recent Examples of squish
You won’t be stressed out from being squished into a seat.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Those touches also contribute to the sense that the director is trying to squish three or four movies into one, all of them stubbornly unengaging.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Also of note—this thick puffy is actually really packable, squishing down to the perfect airplane pillow size.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
In fact, while the air near the horizon does indeed act like a lens, its actual effect is to make the sun and moon look squished, like flat ovals, not to simply magnify them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Those touches also contribute to the sense that the director is trying to squish three or four movies into one, all of them stubbornly unengaging.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Also of note—this thick puffy is actually really packable, squishing down to the perfect airplane pillow size.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
In fact, while the air near the horizon does indeed act like a lens, its actual effect is to make the sun and moon look squished, like flat ovals, not to simply magnify them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squish
Verb
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The song is deliberately compressed to sound like a Phil Spector track, and a video John made for the Gilbert O’Sullivan Show in 1973 features a rare cameo from Bernie mimicking Ray Cooper on bells.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Many of them focus on radically new technologies for heating and compressing plasmas, or fusing unusual combinations of isotopes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Her one-of-a-kind wardrobe makes the case for going into your closet and mashing up the most unlikeliest items together.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2025
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It is mashed into masa and cooked into tortillas, tamales and tlacoyos.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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Some in the North Carolina farming industry are sounding the alarm about the future of local farms as ongoing federal budget cuts squash programs funded by the United States Department of Agriculture.—
Nora O’Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2025
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Now our legislators are trying to squash the free press from speaking the truth.—
Letters to the editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2025
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The man shoved the victim onto the tracks, and as bystanders rushed to pull him back onto the platform before a train rumbled into the station, the attacker took off on foot.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Cream pie out of respect to many a great stooge who cruelly had the sweet treat shoved or thrown onto their face.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Carving her own musical lane in an industry so determined to squeeze her into a box has been a challenge, but PinkPantheress isn’t one to let outside voices get to her.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Plus, this portable Bluetooth karaoke machine is small enough to squeeze into an Easter basket.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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On April 25, 2000, Acosta, 49, was abducted by Michael Tanzi, a 23-year-old Massachusetts drifter who asked Acosta for a cigarette, punched her and threw her into her Plymouth Voyager van.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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The Texas high school soccer UIL state semifinals are here, and several Fort Worth-area teams are looking to punch their tickets to a state championship.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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However, no amount of care or good intentions can prevent the sudden demolition of the brothers’ home, courtesy of a vague order from the IDF — for which the family is even forced to pay.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Kosminsky’s latest intervention comes as UK Parliament’s Culture, Media & Sport Committee recommended that, if the industry can’t design its own scheme, the government should force the likes of Netflix to pay a 5% revenue levy into a cultural fund that supports local high-end TV production.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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To compel Brand to return home, the UK government’s Home Office would need to make an extradition request to U.S. authorities.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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Overreaching diversity strategies can not only suppress speech, but also compel it.—
Suzanne Nossel,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Squish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squish. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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