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as in jam
a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement
the presence of an ambulance on the side of the highway created a logjam of rubberneckers who just had to have a look
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as in halt
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in
efforts to break the logjam in the talks between union and management
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Recent Examples of logjam
But even with the slugger still unsigned, the pitching logjam started loosening this week with the signings of Yusei Kikuchi and Blake Snell on consecutive days.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Smith has great numbers from his 16-year NFL career — 13 seasons with Carolina, three with Baltimore — but he’s been caught in a Hall of Fame logjam at wide receiver.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2025
Signing Bregman would create a logjam in the Chicago infield and Hoerner, not top prospect Matt Shaw, would likely be the odd man out.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Yet more than 7,000 people each day still opt to wait to speak to a person, creating a logjam that's only expected to worsen over the coming weeks and months.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Smith has great numbers from his 16-year NFL career — 13 seasons with Carolina, three with Baltimore — but he’s been caught in a Hall of Fame logjam at wide receiver.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2025
Signing Bregman would create a logjam in the Chicago infield and Hoerner, not top prospect Matt Shaw, would likely be the odd man out.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Yet more than 7,000 people each day still opt to wait to speak to a person, creating a logjam that's only expected to worsen over the coming weeks and months.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for logjam
Noun
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In the accompanying photo, Meghan is seen drizzling honey onto a croissant beside what appears to be her now-famous jam.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The annual event will feature vendors, strawberries, strawberry jam, themed basket drawings and arts and crafts.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2025
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For example, drugs can activate apoptosis or halt cell division in ways that mimic p53’s normal function.—
Prosper Obed Chukwuemeka,
The Conversation,
20 Feb. 2025
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Last week, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid, saying the blanket halt was based on dubious logic.—
Mark Mazzetti,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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There were no fights in Thursday’s final in Boston, but the two sides traded leads and finished in a 2-2 deadlock at the end of regulation time.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Inside the Lives of José and Kitty Menendez Before Their 1989 Murders In 1996, three years after their first trial ended in a deadlock, the siblings were convicted of the first-degree murders and subsequently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to the data collected, this particular bottleneck began about 110,000 years ago.—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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However, the bottleneck for increasing the nuclear sector isn't with manufacturing reactors.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
20 Feb. 2025
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The toll is designed to ease gridlock within the most congested district in the United States and encourage public transit use.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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The surrounding roads were in gridlock in 2014, and that was before Harmony Grove Village was built and occupied, adding about 2,500 more vehicles which will have to evacuate when, not if, the next fires come.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Hamas on Friday published the names of three more hostages to be released, signaling that an impasse over the immediate future of the cease-fire with Israel had been overcome after days of recriminations between the two sides.—
Aaron Boxerman,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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As some states have refused to comply with President Donald Trump's recent executive order that bans trans athletes in girls' and women's sports, New York is at an impasse over the issue.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Logjam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logjam. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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