wedges

verb

present tense third-person singular of wedge
as in stuffs
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 wedges Add a burst of brightness to a quieter color scheme by way of vibrant shoes like the chartreuse wedges above. — Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026 His constant companion since Claudine’s death is a small white Havanese dog named Ginger who wedges in next to him on his customary chair in his living room. — Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026 Dad opens the door, wedges it with his right foot, slips tokens into the slot. — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 With the confidence of someone who knows that he is well loved, the 145-pound dog wedges himself right between his two owners, sprawling out and enjoying a cuddle. — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedges
  1. stuffs
  2. squeezes
  3. sandwiches
  4. loads
  5. crams
  6. jams
Verb
  • Once a seasonal delicacy, Jimmy’s sources squash blossoms ($25) year-round, stuffs them with ricotta and Parmigiano-Reggiano and lightly batters and fries them.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Wilson is again a dominant force on both ends of the floor, stuffs the box score with points, rebounds and blocks, and has improved every season while keeping the Aces as a perennial contender.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuffs
Verb
  • That wrestling match itself, however, makes for compelling theater about as often as the camel squeezes through the needle.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The jobs market has been resilient even as stubbornly high inflation squeezes businesses and households.
    — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeezes
Verb
  • Our simplified sheet-pan method sandwiches rich mocha glaze with almond cake.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Thank the aluminum alloy construction, which sandwiches a beech and poplar TrueBlend core and provides tons of stability at speed.
    — Benjamin Tepler, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of sandwiches
Verb
  • When your site loads quickly, visitors may stay longer, browse more and be more likely to convert.
    — Anthony Savino, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The main sleeper pod packs down small to store easily at home, then loads neatly into small and midsize vans only to burst out the tailgate at camp and create an instant bedroom.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of loads
Verb
  • Then there’s the Tesseract, which takes the scooter formula and crams it with an almost unreasonable amount of technology.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Neutron stars are considered so extreme because the process that creates them crams between one and two times the mass of the sun down into a sphere with a width of around 12 miles (20 kilometers).
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of crams
Verb
  • Responding to these calls also jams up staff and vehicles, increasing emergency response times for the rest of the city.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Bugs Bunny jams himself against the edge and grits his teeth in agony.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of jams

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

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