compress
Example Sentences
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Margins are likely to compress in the coming few quarters because of the cost of introducing new cutting-edge chip-making in its factories.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
This provided direct evidence of costal aspiration breathing, where muscles between the ribs expand and compress the chest cavity to pull air into the lungs.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Discounting could compress margins at a time when many franchisees are already struggling with higher input and operating costs.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
You pay more, compress margins and pass much of the additional cost on to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Quickly he covered the whole wound with a large cotton compress and jerked his hand away.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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