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compress

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


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During these encounters, enormous interstellar "cold clouds" may have pressed against the heliosphere with enough force to dramatically compress it.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

But the risk is that someone looking at a P/E ratio may not see as much downside risk as there actually is, he added, because profit margins “tend to compress sharply” during slowdowns.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

“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

Using AI to compress drug discovery from years to as little as nine months, it is developing products catering to the local market but that are more novel than what homegrown firms can offer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

“Next you will tell me the house is cursed! Oh, my head! Bring me a cold compress, please, I am quite at my wit’s end—and some tea—and a chocolate, quick! Make it a whole box!”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

"J1007+3540 is one of the clearest and most spectacular examples of episodic AGN with jet-cluster interaction, where the surrounding hot gas bends, compresses, and distorts the jets," Dr. Pal explained.

From Science Daily Apr. 13, 2026

TurboQuant compresses the KV cache — the temporary memory storing mid-conversation computations.

From MarketWatch Apr. 6, 2026

Neighbors suggested their own remedies: arnica compresses, packed mud from a holy well, ground elephant tusk from the Niger to mix in her daily broth.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

He noted that the nation's "intensely compressed" industrialisation happened in just a few decades, while it took centuries in many Western countries.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Daniel West’s adaptation hits the major plot points and select lines of dialogue, but has typically, unavoidably, been streamlined and compressed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Palantir’s current valuation level has already compressed significantly from its late-2025 peak of over 230 times forward earnings.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

The bank’s 18% year-to-date share price gain has compressed its dividend yield to about 5%, broadly in line with peers, while its 3.5 billion ringgit capital management plan appears largely priced in, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The child was sitting very straight at her desk, the head held high, the mouth compressed, the eyes glittering like two stars.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

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

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

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

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

The drop is compressing the core of bitcoin’s business model: Mining, an energy-intensive process, only works when prices stay above costs.

From MarketWatch Apr. 9, 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




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