: a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward
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Verb
Their horses refused to budge.
The door was stuck, and we couldn't even get it to budge.
Could you try opening this jar for me? I can't budge the lid.
We tried to change her mind, but we couldn't budge her.
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Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024
The push by the outgoing Biden administration to convince Americans to buy more battery electric vehicles is likely to slow down to barely a budge when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Yet gains in women’s bodily rights have been rolled back and the gender pay gap hasn’t budged much throughout the twenty-first century.
—Mariam Rahmani, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Sophie Kiderlin,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Nike hasn’t seen its emissions budge in the past decade, despite promises to sharply reduce them.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
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Noun
And yet one thing never budges: they've been undocumented for over three decades.
—Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024
The push by the outgoing Biden administration to convince Americans to buy more battery electric vehicles is likely to slow down to barely a budge when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
Even though the central bank started cutting interest rates in September, the average credit card interest rate has barely budged.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Yet gains in women’s bodily rights have been rolled back and the gender pay gap hasn’t budged much throughout the twenty-first century.
—Mariam Rahmani, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The works council and union have repeatedly warned of further escalation of strikes should Volkswagen's management not budge in negotiations.
—Sophie Kiderlin,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Nike hasn’t seen its emissions budge in the past decade, despite promises to sharply reduce them.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Budge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budge. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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