1
as in to push
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse
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2
as in to rise
to move or extend upward
the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley
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as in heave
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Recent Examples of thrust
John Oseid, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The boosters produce more than 75 percent of the thrust required to propel the SLS rocket off the launch pad with NASA's crewed Orion spacecraft on top.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Rachel Wegner, USA Today, 11 July 2025
In other words, he was thrust into a challenging role that he was no longer equipped to handle.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Verb
Cast in bronze, the inimitable rock star holds one of his iconic poses of one arm thrust in the air, microphone stand in the other.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The boosters produce more than 75 percent of the thrust required to propel the SLS rocket off the launch pad with NASA's crewed Orion spacecraft on top.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Noun
In 1925, an American teacher's fight to educate his high school students about evolution thrust a small-town controversy into the national spotlight.
—Rachel Wegner, USA Today, 11 July 2025
In other words, he was thrust into a challenging role that he was no longer equipped to handle.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrust
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The first says the cancellation is a one-off exit from the storied time slot — that Paramount was trying to push through the red tape to finally merge with Skydance Media, a deal that was approved by the Federal Communications Commission Thursday after more than a year in limbo.—
Sarah Whitten,Lillian Rizzo,Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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Advertisement While New York City has remained the country’s largest sanctuary city, its status as such and Mayor Eric Adams’ desire to push back against the federal government has come into question.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
26 July 2025
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Sales rose 7% in the second quarter compared with Q2 2024 and 12% in 2025’s first half.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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After that, the Valley will dry out and temperatures will rise back to normal, approaching the 110s over the weekend and into next week.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Her last-second heave from the top of the arc fell short as the Valkyries fell to 7-7.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
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With a chance to send Wednesday’s game against the defending champions into overtime, Kate Martin’s 25-foot heave fell short.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
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Tapping the area where these windows have been shoved to brings them back to the foreground, while performing the Home action again minimizes all of them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 July 2025
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He and Eric Griffin (12 points) were called for a double-technical for shoving each other.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
24 July 2025
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It's been 30 years since five strangers climbed into a Winnebago RV and drove across the United States in search of handsome rewards.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The four-time European Tour winner fired a closing 63 at Royal Birkdale in 2017 to climb to third and register the best ever finish by a Chinese golfer at a men’s major.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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Given the massive upheaval in Bieber’s life and business affairs, a brand new team around him, and his longest-ever wait in between records, industry insiders watched closely last week, wondering how Bieber would fare in the most-consequential era of his career to date.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
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The Dignity Act comes in the wake of that upheaval.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
22 July 2025
Verb
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That in turn drove low wages for workers, high staff turnover and limited capacity for children.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Generics have higher margins but are vulnerable to pricing shifts and require considerable volume to drive profits.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
25 July 2025
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Shein ascended rapidly, becoming the top e-commerce fashion retailer in many Western markets, with a business model rooted in rapid trend analysis and turnover, as well as on-demand manufacturing.—
Drew Bernstein,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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A couple of nameless climbers are ascending El Capitan when a woman’s corpse falls from the summit, nearly sending all three plummeting to the ground and definitely prompting vertigo in sensitive viewers, even if it’s clearly done primarily with CG or compositing (like a lot of elements here).—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 July 2025
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“Thrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrust. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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