squeeze out
phrasal verb
squeezed out; squeezing out; squeezes out
: to force (someone or something) out of a position, place, etc.
Big stores have squeezed out a lot of the smaller locally owned shops.
Examples of squeeze out in a Sentence
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However, Walmart found that affordable care was not affordable for providers, even for a retail giant known for squeezing out a profit from low-margin businesses like groceries.
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Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
Grate the cucumber: Grate your cucumber, and then use a paper towel to squeeze out any excess moisture.
—Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 12 May 2024
Tweaking the preset to Ultra Performance, the Claw squeezed out 41fps.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
Rent has increased partly because of strong demand from millennials and Gen Z adults who have been squeezed out of the housing market, Zillow's analysis shows.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 May 2024
Big cloud providers such as Amazon and Google could squeeze out smaller rivals like CoreWeave by undercutting prices if and when demands for GPU time stabilize.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 3 May 2024
Artisanal fishers were squeezed out, and as fish stocks collapsed, rising food insecurity generated protests and political unrest.
—Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
But those causes soon diverged, as scientists and upper-crust sportsmen came to dominate conservation and largely squeezed out the lay crusaders who had launched welfarism.
—Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Use your hands to apply even pressure on top of the container to squeeze out extra liquid and then leave your heavy object pressing down for 20 minutes.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
Grate the cucumber: Grate your cucumber, and then use a paper towel to squeeze out any excess moisture.
—Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 12 May 2024
Tweaking the preset to Ultra Performance, the Claw squeezed out 41fps.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
Rent has increased partly because of strong demand from millennials and Gen Z adults who have been squeezed out of the housing market, Zillow's analysis shows.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 May 2024
Big cloud providers such as Amazon and Google could squeeze out smaller rivals like CoreWeave by undercutting prices if and when demands for GPU time stabilize.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 3 May 2024
Artisanal fishers were squeezed out, and as fish stocks collapsed, rising food insecurity generated protests and political unrest.
—Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
But those causes soon diverged, as scientists and upper-crust sportsmen came to dominate conservation and largely squeezed out the lay crusaders who had launched welfarism.
—Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Use your hands to apply even pressure on top of the container to squeeze out extra liquid and then leave your heavy object pressing down for 20 minutes.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
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“Squeeze out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squeeze%20out. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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