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  • adjective comparative form of squishy: more squishy

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Examples

  • WASHINGTON -- The GOP budget cut numbers are getting squishier by the minute.

    Promised GOP Budget Cuts May Be Much Lower Than Promised Howard Fineman 2011

  • WASHINGTON -- The GOP "budget cut" numbers are getting squishier by the minute.

    Promised GOP Budget Cuts May Be Much Lower Than Promised Howard Fineman 2011

  • And clearly that pressure is working, and you have some of the squishier Republicans deciding that they are not going to go on the record against these sorts of--these tax hikes.

    Playing the Field 2011

  • When we elect squishes, they only tend to get squishier in office.

    Will Delahunt (D, MA-10) cuts and runs. | RedState 2010

  • But Americans may well come away with altered perceptions of a president whose strongest personal qualities in past polls have run to squishier traits like being a good communicator and friendly.

    Analysis: Reimagining Obama after gutsy raid 2011

  • The most valuable educational credentials may be the ones that circle back to squishier traits like perseverance.

    What Makes a Great Teacher? 2010

  • The most valuable educational credentials may be the ones that circle back to squishier traits like perseverance.

    What Makes a Great Teacher? 2010

  • The common currency, which reached a one-month high against the dollar on Tuesday, continues to benefit from the contrast between strong euro-zone economic data and a U.S. economic recovery that keeps getting squishier, as last week's jobs reports underscored.

    Trichet Will Fuel Euro Toward $1.50 David Cottle 2011

  • The common currency, which reached a one-month high against the dollar on Tuesday, continues to benefit from the contrast between strong euro-zone economic data and a U.S. economic recovery that keeps getting squishier, as last week's jobs reports underscored.

    Trichet Will Fuel Euro Toward $1.50 David Cottle 2011

  • But Americans may well come away with altered perceptions of a president whose strongest personal qualities in past polls have run to squishier traits like being a good communicator and friendly.

    Analysis: Reimagining Obama after gutsy raid 2011

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