pusher

Example Sentences

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As a button pusher, he makes enough to support a family of four—even though a majority of his day is spent with his feet up on the desk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In 2012, after missing three mortgage payments, she was encouraged to do a short sale by her bank, Washington Mutual, a subprime-mortgage pusher and the largest bank to fail in U.S. history.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2024

David Hughes, representing the alleged pusher, suggested Ms Watts's attention had more focused on conversations with her friends, and the boy may have stumbled instead of pushing Christopher.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024

“They sent my son over there as a paper pusher and then had the Taliban outside providing security,” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

We loaded up and were off as the sun gilded the tops of the scrubby bushes rimming the dell, Estraven pulling in harness and I as pusher and rudder at the stern.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin