Press Squeeze

These are OK:

"Budget cuts squeezed schools for funds."
"Due to budget cuts, schools are squeezed for funds."
"Due to budget cuts, schools are pressed for funds."

Mister MicawberThese are OK:"Budget cuts squeezed schools for funds.""Due to budget cuts, schools are squeezed for funds.""Due to budget cuts, schools are pressed for funds."

Thank you for your reply, Mr Micawber.

Do all three mean the same thing, or do they have some hidden different meanings?

"Budget cuts squeezed schools for funds."
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They are synonymous.

Would this work:

"Budget cuts squeezed schools out of funds."
?

Yes, that is possible.

Supposed a press conference took place in a place that was too small for the number of reporters on hand:

"Reporters were squeezed for space."
"Poor logistics squeezed reporters for space."

Could the second sentence be acceptable English? It sounds like the reporters were intentionally inconvenienced to create space. I might be wrong though.....

No, it doesn't suggest an intentional inconvenience necessarily.

Then,

"Poor logistics squeezed reporters for space."

could simply mean the reporters didn't have enough space?

That's right.

Thanks for you time and patience, Mr Micawber.
Just one last question on this thread:

"Landlords squeezed store owners for profits."

Should it mean:
(1) landlords did something to store owners to increase landlords' profits (but the state of store owners' bottom line was not specified), or

(2) landlords did something to store owners so that store owners could not