compression
Example Sentences
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“It’s a compression of life, without transition, so you go from fighting to love, to forgetting, to dying, to rebirth,” Chamblas said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Constant stretching and compression of a moon can create recurring wet dry cycles where water repeatedly evaporates and condenses.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
I’m scheduled to tour purification facilities, pipelines and compression stations that process the methane and transport it to markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
While investors may see a low ERP as a risk to stocks, its compression is the result of climbing bond yields, according to Martin Adams.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Homes has the stump of Boggs’s left thigh cupped by some sort of compression bandage, but it’s already soaked through.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing compression
Plate Tectonics - Middle School
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Waves and Wave Properties - Introductory
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