compressed
Example Sentences
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The takeaway for investors: Own what cannot be compressed.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
The gases are rapidly cooled before being compressed and sent to the final stage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The first-quarter pullback has compressed the S&P 500’s forward multiple by around 17%, taking it under the 20 mark for the first time since last April.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
In the compressed world of a 988 call, in which both counselor and caller are strangers with little information to go on besides the words they exchange, the potential for miscommunication is high.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Everything feels compressed and submarine to Marie-Laure just then, as if the five of them have been submerged into a murky aquarium overfull of fish, and their fins keep bumping as they shift about.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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