wedge

verb

Definition of wedgenext
as in to squeeze
to fit (people or things) into a tight space managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf

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Recent Examples of wedge Spencer told me about trucks getting stuck on narrow roads after their drivers followed faulty directions; in June, a woman wedged her car onto light-rail tracks in Seattle. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2026 According to the affidavit, the blade was wedged between two doors that were propped up alongside several pieces of junk. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026 Here’s a fish-out-of-water rom-com wedged into, um, a spy thriller about aliens in New Mexico. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 These systems include supplier, switch, aggregator, channel manager and the caches wedged between, because every layer upstream charges for live calls and every layer takes a margin. — Abhinav Sinha, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for wedge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedge
  1. squeeze
  2. cram
  3. stuff
  4. sandwich
  5. load
  6. jam
Verb
  • Questions no longer centre on marking this era with a trophy, but on how much juice is left to squeeze.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • To protect a specific area, such as a garden, Parker recommends properly installing snake fencing made from quarter-inch hardware cloth, which can help keep even newborn copperheads from squeezing through.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of squeeze
Verb
  • Streams of cool kids dressed in all-black tank tops, slip dresses and leather pants crammed into the old town, sipping cocktails as DJs slid faders.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Croatian media published photos from a crowded sports hall in Omis where people crammed on beds and on the floor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of cram
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  • On October 1, Netflix will premiere Kazan’s sweeping adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, an eminently readable doorstop stuffed with a variety of weighty themes.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The sisters stuffed envelopes with flyers marketing tours, and traveled with their parents on scouting trips.
    — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuff
Verb
  • The second leg is at the Amex on August 27, the two legs sandwiching their opening Premier League fixture at home to Aston Villa on August 23.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • These rods, sandwiched between two layers of elastic fabric, made the vest extremely flexible and fluid-like.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of sandwich
Verb
  • Similarly, loading up the XI for the opener away to Fulham with players who have enjoyed the benefits of a full pre-season makes sense, too.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Singles by Trout, Nolan Schanuel and Vaughn Grissom loaded the bases.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of load
Verb
  • Ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang said NCSIST had already verified jamming capabilities for the newer frequency and would introduce them through future upgrades.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
  • But Russia is also building its own version of Starlink, and is installing jamming systems that hamper Starlink connectivity, Brovdi said.
    — Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of jam

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“Wedge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedge. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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