BUDGED Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

budged

verb

past tense of budge

as in succumbed

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position

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as in shifted

to change one's position he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him

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as in removed

to change the place or position of the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it

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Recent Examples of budged Yet even after decades of mass shootings, federal gun policy has barely budged. — Jillian Turanovic, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The unemployment rate for Saudi citizens hasn’t budged and the economy is creating new jobs, albeit at a slower pace. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Banner eventually budged after pushback from the employer, said Russ Carpel, CEO of RevampHealth, the brokerage for the employer. — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 That’s at least part of the story of why Brent crude prices have barely budged from their September high of $108. — David Faris, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 That meant despite a large headline increase to the stock's price, its underlying valuation barely budged. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 But, nationally, the share of kindergarteners who received vaccine exemptions has risen less than one per cent since Kennedy took office, and the measles-vaccination rate has hardly budged. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 That number has barely budged despite years of investment in planning systems and omnichannel front ends. — Samuel Mueller, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Unlike during the coronavirus pandemic, when the country essentially shut down, most indicators of energy consumption, such as traffic congestion, have hardly budged. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

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Shakur succumbed to his gunshot wounds six days after being gunned down.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
He was shot four times and succumbed to his injuries six days later.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of succumbed

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China, for example, shifted from a net provider of finance to a net extractor over the last decade.

— Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Obviously, the mood has shifted around this college town thanks to the Hoosiers winning last year's CFP title, along with having a head coach in Curt Cignetti who has turned this program into a football juggernaut in just two years.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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Noem was appointed special envoy for the Shield of the Americas in March, after she was removed as homeland security secretary amid mounting scrutiny of her management of the department and the influence of her adviser, Corey Lewandowski.

— Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
According to the Holy See Press Office, doctors removed the lower lobe of the pontiff's right lung during a procedure that lasted approximately 90 minutes.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of removed

Verb

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just relocated back to the UK, but is their move already proving to be temporary?

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2026
The area was recently reclassified into a high-risk zone for wildfires; the board says the collection has since been relocated for its safety to a museum-caliber facility.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of relocated

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The researchers will then randomly choose around 1/3 of people who submitted a lone star tick, another 1/3 of people who submitted a black legged tick and 1/3 of people who submitted a positive alpha-gal tick to the laboratory.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
The county faced no opposition to its bid for the point-in-time count and the regional application, but the city submitted competing bids for the database and matching system.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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