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compressed

[kuhm-prest] / kəmˈprɛst /














ADJECTIVE
wrung
Synonyms


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Aslef says the voluntary compressed four-day week gives participating drivers an extra 35 days off a year "in return for some fairly minor changes to working conditions".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Observations show that the galaxy's rotating gas disk appears shortened and compressed along its leading edge.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

“His transfer came a few months earlier, not a few days earlier. The contours of the relationships between Stagg and Krick and the others are accurate, but they took place in a more compressed timeline.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

That valuation represents a premium to software peers at a time when multiples have compressed.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Stars like the Sun are born in batches, in great compressed cloud complexes such as the Orion Nebula.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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