as in to move
to leave a place often for another
the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on
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Recent Examples of push on
The leadership races come as Senate Democrats are making a final push on their agenda, with a focus on confirming President Biden's remaining nominees to the nation's courts.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2024
The bitcoin price has rocketed this year, pushed on by the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president—fueling a huge $15 trillion bitcoin price bet.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Nevertheless, Dylan and I push on, winding our way down the Philosopher’s Path — where Nishida Kitaro, one of Japan’s most famous thinkers, practiced meditation — in search of enlightenment.
—Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
There are contrasting examples in recent memory between, say, the way Phil Foden was held back or the way Jude Bellingham was advanced and pushed on.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2024
The bitcoin price has rocketed this year, pushed on by the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president—fueling a huge $15 trillion bitcoin price bet.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Nevertheless, Dylan and I push on, winding our way down the Philosopher’s Path — where Nishida Kitaro, one of Japan’s most famous thinkers, practiced meditation — in search of enlightenment.
—Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
There are contrasting examples in recent memory between, say, the way Phil Foden was held back or the way Jude Bellingham was advanced and pushed on.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push on
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This is a true win-now move and pushes Dallas closer to being legitimate title contenders again this season.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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And the private sector is moving swiftly to meet growing demand for zero-carbon technologies and materials.Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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There needs to be balance and some states should exit the program.David Shepardson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Clients may lose faith in your ability to protect more than just their data and may decide to exit.Steve Gickling, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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By dawn, Assad had departed Damascus for Russia, without a word to the people his family had ruled—and gassed, imprisoned, tortured, and murdered—for a half century.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Following a tribute to Ramos’ career at the network, the TV anchor shared a few departing words to viewers at home.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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Elko’s not the type to get excited about early October standings.David Whitley, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Students can get Hulu with ads for $1.99 a month, and Hulu with no ads costs $17.99 a month.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The cases, brought by 60 men and 60 women, span incidents going as far back as 1991.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Silk Road traders, for example, needed intermediaries to guarantee that merchandise went one way and payments went another.Parvez Siddiqui, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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But Rojas, who has hopes of becoming the first Latino speaker of the House, is less than happy about pushing off that possibility from the end of a third Ritter term as speaker in January 2027 to the conclusion of a fourth one in 2029.Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
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Longer term, the law aims to undo a U.N. apparatus that Israel has regarded as problematic ever since it was established to provide for the needs of the 700,000 Palestinian refugees who were pushed off the land that became Israel.Karl Vick, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Currently, after the fall of Silicon Valley Bank and the ripple effects of the U.S. regional banking crisis, along with high interest rate levels and deteriorating loan quality, some banks are pulling out money lent to small businesses.Lechi (Richard) Zhang, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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As the rebels advanced on Damascus, Tehran abruptly pulled out its Revolutionary Guards and Basij paramilitary forces, which had been deployed to prop up President Bashar al-Assad.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
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The suspect then allegedly walked out of the train car and sat on a bench on the platform, watching, as police walked by, looking for the source of a smoke smell.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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As the last of the peppermint bark cannoli were devoured and the party wound down, my wife and I walked out to see Michigan Central Station and its surrounding Roosevelt Park all lit up in white.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20on. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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