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verb

past tense of express
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as in squeezed
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of expressed
Verb
Caputo said the idea for the citizenship-for-investment program emerged during Milei's July 2024 visit to Sun Valley, Idaho, when tech executives expressed interest in obtaining Argentine citizenship. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 Staffers also expressed concerns about fiscal implications if bedbugs would come home with workers and require them to pay for their homes to be treated. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Additionally, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the company had expressed interest in buying Barbie-maker Mattel in a potential $6 billion deal. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 Damian expressed sympathy for those who spoke on Rivera’s behalf and acknowledged his record of public service. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Caputo said the idea for the citizenship-for-investment program emerged during Milei’s July 2024 visit to Sun Valley, Idaho, when tech executives expressed interest in obtaining Argentine citizenship. — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Ramona Bass, chairman of the Fort Worth Zoo, expressed optimism about the cubs' arrival in a press release on Friday. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 But such a decision may not be based on a school district’s objections to the ideas expressed in the books. — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 Bucks, Buc-ee’s and tourism Up the block, Jill Russell expressed a mix of opinions. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressed
Adjective
  • Most government seizures are made through mail and express-courier services, rather than through shipping containers, and many of the shipments originate in China and Hong Kong.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • An express or implied agreement may alter the terms of the employment relationship.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Republican leaders have voiced confidence that the party can hold both chambers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who is viewed as a possible 2028 presidential contender, is among the prominent figures on the Left who have voiced some support for the idea.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Producers are already being squeezed between competing supply chains.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Brands are making more on paper and keeping less in the bank, squeezed from every side by rising ad costs, tariffs and overhead.
    — David Born, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Madison Square Garden has an average rating of overweight and 16% upside to analysts' consensus price target, while Sphere has an average rating of buy and implied appreciation of 64%, based on the consensus target, according to FactSet.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The appellate panel took issue with jury instructions that implied the mother's lack of consent could satisfy the unlawfulness element under the federal kidnapping statute.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Schneider said the members gave themselves space, then checked whether everyone felt comfortable returning to the stage.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Gaza health officials have said at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since last October's ceasefire.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • RoboParty is integrating the RP1 robot body, actuator modules, low-level control, and embodied AI algorithms into a single development system.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But the fashionable-at-the-time nakedness of the YBAs’ desire for money, most completely embodied by Hirst, quickly became crass.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • But a separate document — a transcript of a November 2024 interview with campus police, according to WCBS — shows Doe made a more explicit accusation.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The first episode’s opening sequence seems designed to make this feature formally explicit.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Craven reinforces this framing by listing some of the ways Rowling has suffered, as stated by Rowling in her essay.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Reports stated that the Pentagon ordered the move at an operational military level rather than through a political decision.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Expressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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