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high-pressure

[hahy-presh-er] / ˈhaɪˈprɛʃ ər /






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Jefferies cuts Nickel Industries to hold from buy, and lowers its price target by 17% to A$1.00/share, citing increasing geopolitical headwinds and higher sulfur prices reducing profit margins of its high-pressure acid leach operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A so-called "heat dome" of warm air from northern Africa trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe is behind the high temperatures not usually seen until high summer.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

By 2013, the Bureau of Street Lighting had swapped more than half of the city’s 220,000 high-pressure sodium lamps with LED bulbs, and the department has systematically converted the rest in the years since.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Authorized repayment programs don’t use high-pressure tactics, experts say.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Step one of that is to collect C02 and store it in a high-pressure vessel.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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