compress
Example Sentences
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As the already ephemeral freeze-thaw cycle is compressed or diminished, it might be possible, in Canada, to extend the country’s sugar-maple forests by planting trees north of the existing ones.
Both films are love stories, even if the new version compresses Mike and Claire’s decade and a half marriage into two years.
From Los Angeles Times
Even though its operating margins have compressed lately below 20%, the company remains highly profitable with margins that look more like luxury stocks than apparel brands.
As Titan travels around Saturn in an elongated orbit, scientists noticed that the moon stretches and compresses depending on its position relative to the planet.
From Science Daily
Margins were compressed by Nike’s efforts to clean out old inventory and bring in new products.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
