How to Use push the envelope in a Sentence
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For her first show in 2018, Minaj aimed to push the envelope.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023
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In her role, Taylor is able to push the envelope freely.
—Blake Newby, Essence, 11 Sep. 2021
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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
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Kendall Jenner isn't afraid to push the envelope with her style.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 1 May 2023
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Kendall Jenner isn't afraid to push the envelope with her style.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 1 May 2023
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Olivia Wilde wants to push the envelope with her latest film.
—Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
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With such big names championing his brand, Lee shouldn’t be afraid to push the envelope.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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There are people that really want to push the envelope.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
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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
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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
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She’s been a sponge and continues to pull influences from everything around her and push the envelope.
—Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2022
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Johnny and the team push the envelope even further in Jackass Forever.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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The county government must continue to push the envelope in procuring strong funding for our schools.
—Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
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Despite the backlash, Madonna continued to push the envelope.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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