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“You can hear that these buildings carry the echoes of the lives they contained because of the frescoes, the mosaics, the furniture. You feel 2,000 years compress and collapse. It’s like magic.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

These mathematical structures compress the information contained in a wave function so that it can be handled more efficiently.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Entry-level workers, on the other hand, may benefit: AI can compress the learning curve, allowing less-experienced people to perform at higher levels sooner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Refiners’ near-term earnings are likely to remain strong due to higher fuel margins, but those margins could compress if Hormuz reopens, allowing Middle Eastern refineries to restore output and Asian plants to raise utilization.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

Once the fighting had ended and the master had been served his meal, I took a cool compress and mug of cold ale up to Madam.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

High pressure causes colder air to sink in the atmosphere, where it compresses, warms up and dries out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

"Tessera compresses loads of that data and gives us really easy-to-use maps of the UK, where we can ask really specific questions about things we can see from space."

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

TurboQuant compresses that memory by a factor of six.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

PrismML open-sourced a 1-bit AI model that radically compresses its size without compromising performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

They vary somewhat, but most are on an abysmal scale of 1:100,000, which ludicrously compresses every kilometer of real world into a mere centimeter of map.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

He compressed the time-scale to such an extent that, watching the movie, one is drawn into a gathering tide of events that precludes reflection or analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

That tightly compressed structure is notoriously challenging to assemble.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

Underneath the high pressure system sinking air compressed and warmed, lifting temperatures day by day.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Micron isn’t alone in seeing a compressed stock multiple.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

It is not clear from his compressed, pained face if the words are endearments or insults.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Fusion requires heating and compressing nuclear fuel to make superheated plasma in which atomic nuclei combine, releasing energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Transformer supply could normalize if manufacturing capacity expands, compressing margins for equipment suppliers.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

The S&P 500 is 9.4% below its late January peak, with its price-to-earnings ratio compressing by 17%.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Deputy president of the Ulster Farmers' Union, John McLenaghan, said a changing climate is "compressing" an already-busy seasonal schedule.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

And Harry too looked ahead at the skull, and fear swelled inside him like a venomous bubble, compressing his lungs, driving all other discomfort from his mind...

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling