as in to eke out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrape (out)
Verb
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Wins like last night, eked out against an exceptionally sharp Jack Flaherty, are precious.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025 -
After Trump appointed 234 federal judges during his first term, Biden eked out just ahead by appointing 235, making diversity a priority in the process.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
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For years, researchers have been experimenting with quantization techniques that squeeze their neural network weights into smaller memory envelopes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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Consumer confidence has taken a nosedive in 2025 as Americans grow more concerned that inflation could spike again, and tariffs will squeeze their wallets.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025
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Yes, the cast members who survived Season 1—Hunter Doohan (Tyler Galpin), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams), and Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester), alongside Ortega’s Wednesday Addams—will all be returning.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
23 Apr. 2025
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Medics rushed the mom to Richmond University Medical Center where she’s expected to survive.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Whether through design, real estate, or social initiatives, Yemane’s businesses are all about impact, helping people build wealth, communities, and lasting relationships.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Will Warren lasted just 1.2 innings in the Bombers’ first major league game at George M. Steinbrenner Field.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Managing complex data flows, and wringing business value from them, is the business challenge of our time.—
Serge Lucio,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Procuring one can be so difficult that many organizations end up either picking the wrong one or trying to wring the last bit of use from an outdated system.—
Brian Haines,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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No ordinary citizen, and certainly no federal judge, can afford naïveté in the face of this Administration’s lawless behavior.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Can the club afford to pay two coaches top dollar concurrently?—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And, while Robert E. Lee might have declined to resort to guerrilla warfare, many of his lieutenants carried on a program of suppression by terror.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Now, Solis carries on this tradition with her own child.—
Patrick Davis,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2025
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Two years on and the Sudanese army has managed to wrest back control of the capital Khartoum.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trump on Wednesday talked about wresting manufacturing jobs back to the United States, a process that could take years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Scrape (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28out%29. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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