push
verb (used with object)
to press upon or against (a person or thing).
has pushed
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present perfectof push (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Titled From Reform to Prosperity, the manifesto builds on Tinubu's first-term economic reforms, including the removal of the fuel subsidy, which has pushed up living costs.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The BOE last week raised its key rate for the first time since the start of the war between the U.S. and Iran, which has pushed energy prices sharply higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The resulting shortage has pushed up prices for laptops, gaming consoles and smartphones -- a squeeze that risks weighing on consumer demand for the devices that use Intel's chips.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Tenio Popmintchev and his colleagues now work at the same TU Wien institute where Krausz conducted his earlier research, but their latest experiment has pushed the process beyond its previously understood boundaries.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Worst, perhaps, in the long run, the exuberant spread of the Green Revolution has pushed many traditional cultivars toward extinction, which in turn reduces the genetic diversity of crops.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
