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• For her first show in 2018, Minaj aimed to push the envelope.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023
• In her role, Taylor is able to push the envelope freely.
  — Blake Newby, Essence, 11 Sep. 2021
• All that customization adds up to a boot that’s got the guts to push the envelope on the slopes but still feels good.
  — Douglas Schnitzspahn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023
• Kendall Jenner isn't afraid to push the envelope with her style.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 1 May 2023
• Kendall Jenner isn't afraid to push the envelope with her style.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 1 May 2023
• Olivia Wilde wants to push the envelope with her latest film.
  — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
• With such big names championing his brand, Lee shouldn’t be afraid to push the envelope.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
• Which means the bow tie is only going to suffer from dudes trying to push the envelope to catch up.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022
• The flight will push the envelope since the Orion spacecraft was designed to fly humans for a total of 21 days.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022
• Recently, there’s been a marked uptick in interest in veils that push the envelope of what a veil can be, or look like.
  — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
• Don’t push the envelope far enough and the hotel would be unable to compete against the Langham or Raffles.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
• In her most ambitious show to date, the 74-year-old artist is continuing to push the envelope with a new body of work.
  — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• There are also those who like to push the envelope and create the next big thing, sometimes taking big risks in order to do so.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• On stage and in magazine spreads, rappers have waged a Cold War about who could dress the flyest, wear the most outré thing, push the envelope the furthest.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023
• Murphy has long been one to push the envelope in an effort to give children a more rounded outlook on life.
  — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• There are people that really want to push the envelope.
  — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
• And the testing program has really shown that North Korea is willing to take some risks and push the envelope.
  — CBS News, 9 Nov. 2022
• All of this adds up to a populace that appears primed to push the envelope with manufacturers and the government in a way that hasn’t been the case for decades.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
• She’s been a sponge and continues to pull influences from everything around her and push the envelope.
  — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2022
• Johnny and the team push the envelope even further in Jackass Forever.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022
• But OpenAI — a new company with no real brand to protect — was willing to push the envelope.
  — Karen Weise, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• From earmuffs to thin eyebrows and plunging party dresses, the model isn’t afraid to push the envelope with her Y2K aesthetic.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2022
• His entire job is to push the envelope in any way possible as BYU prepares for the best basketball conference in the country.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
• The county government must continue to push the envelope in procuring strong funding for our schools.
  — Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
• Despite the backlash, Madonna continued to push the envelope.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The team wants to really push the envelope in ways that are always earned, but definitely pushing the envelope for us as a [streaming] service.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• What’s more, traditional makers including Bowhill & Elliott have begun to push the envelope with opera pumps in black suede—or even a red-and-black giraffe print cow hair.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
• The two episodes screened for critics make clear why Davis was so tempted to push the envelope with violence and prickly language, since the underlying show is otherwise bereft of a voice.
  — Joshua Alston, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023
• The consensus view seems to be that the bZ4X performs well enough but offers little to push the envelope or otherwise stand out in an increasingly crowded field.
  — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 25 May 2022
• This isn’t a criticism—sometimes being merciless to your hardware is necessary to push the envelope of what’s possible.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Aug 2024