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compress

[kuhm-pres, kom-pres] / kəmˈprɛs, ˈkɒm prɛs /


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Still, the West End hasn’t been spared the squeeze as rising costs outpace inflation and compress profit margins.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Higher rates don’t just compress stock valuations — they could also reduce the amount companies are willing or able to spend on capital expenditures, Kersmanc noted.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 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

They also installed advanced sensors that can detect movement up to one-billionth of a meter by using fiber optic cables that can extend or compress if any ground deformation occurs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 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

Both Eisenman and Turner recommend cooling your body temperature with cold compresses or cool showers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Far below Europa's bitterly cold exterior, a global ocean may remain liquid because Jupiter's immense gravitational pull repeatedly stretches and compresses the moon.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 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

Because gas compresses when cooled, large LNG tankers can hold enough energy to power 70,000 homes for a year.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

My chest compresses into a tiny, pulsing ball.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

The space is shallow and compressed, like a theater set, and details are few and deliberate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

In this process, fine WC and Co powders are compressed under high pressure and heated in sintering machines.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

It becomes a little compressed, a little messier and somehow more itself.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Martinez noted that Goldman now trades on just 13 times 2027 earnings, its multiple having compressed from 15 times before the second-quarter release.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

But this is unlikely to be a mere coincidence; more likely, the shock wave produced by the supernova compressed interstellar gas and dust and triggered the condensation of the solar system.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

This weather pattern results in air sinking downwards, compressing and heating up as it hits the ground.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

While the force between individual atoms is weak, it becomes remarkably strong across the large surface area of two dimensional materials, pulling the sheets together and compressing the water trapped between them.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

A ramjet External link uses an aircraft’s speed to “ram” air into the engine, compressing it in the process.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

The mathematics are proprietary, but Hassibi said the effect was much like compressing a digital photograph without losing visual fidelity.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

The family was shrinking, the old hierarchy compressing.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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