compressed

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While not a "fair comparison" due to the compressed schedule compared to the World Cup, Swift coming to town was "a city-wide sellout type of event", Jenkins said.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Roughly half the stocks in the Russell 3000 experienced drawdowns of at least 20%, and the forward price-to-earnings multiple on the S&P 500 compressed by 18% from its peak.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

“When you go to the more difficult part, about the concentration camps, there is no natural light, and you’re at the lowest, most compressed, point.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Although it cannot be seen directly, researchers suspected it might be a white dwarf, a dense stellar remnant with a mass similar to the Sun but compressed into a size comparable to Earth.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

The cedar skin thus became compressed, forcing the ends of the boat up slightly and lending it what boatbuilders call “camber.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown