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as in succumbed
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position
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as in shifted
to change one's position
he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him
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as in removed
to change the place or position of
the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it
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Recent Examples of budged
While Kay got a bonus earlier this year, her salary hasn’t budged.
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Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
These include situations where the sides haven’t exchanged fire in decades, such as in China’s quarrel with Taiwan, but also conflicts like the one in Syria, where the fighting never stopped but the front lines hardly ever budged.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Her campaign strategy barely budged.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Even in cases where women are now breadwinners, the division of labor at home has barely budged, according to another 2023 Pew Research Center survey.
—Jessica Dickler,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
But while fall has shifted later in Petersham, spring hasn’t budged much.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
And while the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate by 50 basis points in late September, which caused rates to fall on many loan products, credit card rates have barely budged in the time since.
—Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Zoom stock, after all, plummeted to near-IPO levels in 2022 and hasn’t budged much since.
—Bysharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
But in 2020, there was no presidential debate for more than two weeks after the vice presidential debate, and the polls barely budged during that time.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
These include situations where the sides haven’t exchanged fire in decades, such as in China’s quarrel with Taiwan, but also conflicts like the one in Syria, where the fighting never stopped but the front lines hardly ever budged.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Her campaign strategy barely budged.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Even in cases where women are now breadwinners, the division of labor at home has barely budged, according to another 2023 Pew Research Center survey.
—Jessica Dickler,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
But while fall has shifted later in Petersham, spring hasn’t budged much.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
And while the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate by 50 basis points in late September, which caused rates to fall on many loan products, credit card rates have barely budged in the time since.
—Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Zoom stock, after all, plummeted to near-IPO levels in 2022 and hasn’t budged much since.
—Bysharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
But in 2020, there was no presidential debate for more than two weeks after the vice presidential debate, and the polls barely budged during that time.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budged
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Local authorities had told Reuters that 143 people have succumbed to the illness since late October.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The dream turned into a nightmare when Lucy succumbed to cytomegalovirus (CMV), an infection that can be passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy.Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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With vacancy rates in some cities across the country still at all-time highs, the focus has shifted to the optimization of space, and creating spaces that tenants will want to use will be instrumental to landlords’ success in today’s office landscape.Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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At that time, these major card brands shifted from maintaining their own security standards to creating what would become the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC).Rui Ribeiro, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Underhill has been removed from the story in A Complete Unknown.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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This will be removed after the tournament for the beginning of the new club season in Switzerland.Asif Burhan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Helmut Marko conceded that Verstappen’s teammates—referring to the thousands of them—are also being cheated by this orientation.Rob Reed, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Newman conceded last month after losing to Choi by less than 2 percentage points, or about 6,000 votes.Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Water, of course, is neither created nor destroyed, merely relocated.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Since 2005, more than half that left had relocated to Texas by 2023, The Center Square reported.Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
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The judge asked that a plan for the disposition of the Infowars assets be submitted within 30 days.Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Nearly 15% of the claims submitted to private payers for reimbursement are declined.Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Fast forward to October 2019, when Huffman surrendered to serve a 14-day sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
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After giving up 12 points in the paint in the first half, the Nets surrendered 14 points in the paint in the third quarter alone.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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She was transferred at that point to emergency medical services personnel.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
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The state government, controlled by the army, said 65 people had been killed, and that other casualties had been transferred to nearby Al-Naw Hospital.Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Budged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budged. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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