compressed
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The researchers also used Raman spectroscopy, a laser-based method that shows how atoms are being stretched or compressed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
“A shorter timeline would be artificially compressed and risks depriving this Court of a full record on which to decide this $110 billion case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
It becomes a little compressed, a little messier and somehow more itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rising rates and this depressed investor sentiment have compressed the price-to-book ratio to 1.7 times.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
His expression is compressed as a pug’s, as though he’s trying to close his nostrils through facial muscles alone.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
