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shoehorn

verb

Definition of shoehorn

as in to cram

to fit (people or things) into a tight space the organizers of the county fair shoehorned the craft booths between the midway and the farm exhibits

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Recent Examples of shoehorn There is a tradition, here at ye olde Wordplay, of trying to shoehorn as many jokes into a single article as possible. — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Too often, modern technologies, like inter-device connectivity and artificial intelligence, are shoehorned into gadgets that would be more intuitive to use, affordable, accessible, and/or durable without them. — ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026 In the meantime, without a spot to shoehorn in a Starliner docking, NASA nailed down its plans for cargo and crew missions for the remainder of 2026. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026 The easiest thing to do would have been to shoehorn one player into Arvidsson’s spot next to Pavel Zacha and Casey Mittelstadt. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shoehorn

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Her advice is to avoid cramming activations into the final two weeks before the festival.

— Sujata Assomull, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
To Mooresville resident Lynne Taylor, cramming more homes into a town with notoriously clogged roads is a concern.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026

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