squeeze
verb (used with object)
to press forcibly together; compress.
squeezed
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past participleof squeeze.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof squeeze.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
squeezeverb (used with object)to press forcibly together; compress.
Example Sentences
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International rugby league as a whole is facing intense scrutiny at present, with the men's and women's calendar largely squeezed in at the end of the club season, in October and November.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Marketing had been squeezed by shrinking margins as Simply Good tried to absorb inflation instead of passing higher costs to consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The “technology itself became highly commoditized, thanks to open-weight models that made intelligence cheap, squeezed margins at the model layer and shifted the value to infrastructure, applications and users.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
As the cells squeezed through these restricted passages, their nuclei underwent visible deformation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
But today, instead of sitting across from or behind them like she usually did, Alicia motioned for Zeke to scoot over and squeezed in next to him.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
