Why doesn't pagebreak remove extra space at the bottom of the page?

Question

After reading about the differences between \pagebreak and \newpage I have noticed that the \pagebreak doesn't work as it is supposed to. Why is that? Am I missing something? Is there something I should add to the preamble?

This happens with both \pagebreak{} and with \pagebreak[4]

Code:

%% LyX 2.2.3 created this file.  For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage{setspace}
\onehalfspacing

\makeatletter

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
\pdfpageheight\paperheight
\pdfpagewidth\paperwidth


\@ifundefined{date}{}{\date{}}
\makeatother

\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
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g dfh adfgsdaf afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh
adfgsdaf afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh adfgsdaf
afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh adfgsdaf afgsd
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g dfh adfgsdaf afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh
adfgsdaf afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh adfgsdaf
afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh adfgsdaf afgsd
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\pagebreak[4]

asdgf g dfh adfgsdaf afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf
g dfh adfgsdaf afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh
adfgsdaf afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh adfgsdaf
afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh adfgsdaf afgsd
fdh gjhsfdgag ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdgasdgf g dfh adfgsdaf afgsd fdh gjhsfdgag
ag gfd gsg sdhgfsdg
\end{document}

Output:

@Sigur something like this, stretched text – Jon Oct 13 '18 at 13:24 — Jon, Oct 13 '18 at 13:24

Ulrike Fischer · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-13T13:28:13.763

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You must enable \flushbottom. The default in article is \raggedbottom.

edited Oct 13 '18 at 13:28

answered Oct 13 '18 at 13:27

Ulrike Fischer

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How do i do that? – Jon Oct 13 '18 at 13:28
Add the command to the preamble. – Ulrike Fischer Oct 13 '18 at 13:28
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@Jon Although the mystery is solved (+1) instead of manual \pagebreaks maybe you want really a shrinkable and stretchable \parskip? The parskip package could be even a better option in more complex documents. – Fran Oct 13 '18 at 22:21

Why doesn't pagebreak remove extra space at the bottom of the page?

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