squeeze
verb (used with object)
to press forcibly together; compress.
has been squeezing
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present perfect progressiveof squeeze (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Actor Laura Aiken, who is filming the latest series of Line of Duty in the city, said she has been squeezing in her training during "very early mornings".
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
Pervasive inflation has been squeezing businesses and consumers for months and the Federal Reserve has moved aggressively to try to bring prices down by raising interest rates.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
Low-wage and middle-class Americans remain caught in the same vise that has been squeezing them for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
On a recent trip to Poland, she told an interviewer that she has been squeezing in “tastings and dress selections,” and viewing flower arrangements via e-mail.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2010
Hanoi has been squeezing Washington partly because it worries that despite U.S. reassurances Nixon might be tempted to stiffen his peace terms once the U.S. election is successfully out of his way.
From Time Magazine Archive
