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as in to crumple
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry
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Recent Examples of scrunch
My current favorites are ruffle socks for a more feminine outfit or scrunch socks for a more cozy look.
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Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2024
Another recent work, Goblin Girl (2021), shows a green-skinned creature, her face scrunched up in an indescribable expression—a silly grin, perhaps, or maybe something more menacing.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
With clean hands, scrunch and crush collard greens thoroughly until leaves turn dark green and are slightly wilted, 2 to 3 minutes.
—Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2024
There's plenty of space to keep multiple windows open next to each other without feeling like everything is scrunched up.
—WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2024
Another recent work, Goblin Girl (2021), shows a green-skinned creature, her face scrunched up in an indescribable expression—a silly grin, perhaps, or maybe something more menacing.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
With clean hands, scrunch and crush collard greens thoroughly until leaves turn dark green and are slightly wilted, 2 to 3 minutes.
—Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2024
There's plenty of space to keep multiple windows open next to each other without feeling like everything is scrunched up.
—WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrunch
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Image On a table in a downstairs corner room that Commandant Höss used as a home office lies a heap of torn and crumpled Nazi-era newspapers and other wartime artifacts found after the house was sold.—
Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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The back half of the car is crumpled in on itself, the windows are shattered and the patrol car was physically turned off the road by the force of the crash.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2024
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During the battle, viewers saw a cameraman crouching in the corner for the shot.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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The deputies spotted the drag trail through the brush and followed it to the cat, still crouched over Taylen’s body.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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The Colorado Department of Transportation’s statewide map showed all interstate and major state highways open as of 10:30 a.m., with dozens of plows busy scraping roadways.—
Max Levy,
The Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2025
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The question scraped against a specific insecurity that can get lodged inside women who are told that our worth is tied to our marriageability.—
Devon Fredericksen,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Beneath the tailored coat was a silk wool pencil skirt and an ivory silk crepe blouse folded into a sharp neckline, all hand-sewn by Lippes’ team in New York.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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Notre Dame won’t fold, but Ohio State will make a game-changing play in the fourth quarter and complete Ryan Day’s redemption arc.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Shane and Ted gritted their teeth and checked their watches as the other passengers oohed and ahhed.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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By channeling guts and grit into their work, these 10 performers broke away from the pack.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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For seeds with a hard seed coat, scraping them on 150-grit sandpaper scratches the seed coat enough to allow the seed to soak up or imbibe water.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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Many lawyers are also scratching their heads over Drake’s case.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Scrunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrunch. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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