compressed

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Aslef says the voluntary compressed four-day week gives participating drivers an extra 35 days off a year "in return for some fairly minor changes to working conditions".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Where we do have a solution is with compressed natural gas, and that’s the one that we’re focused on right now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“His transfer came a few months earlier, not a few days earlier. The contours of the relationships between Stagg and Krick and the others are accurate, but they took place in a more compressed timeline.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

That valuation represents a premium to software peers at a time when multiples have compressed.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Tiny gas jets allowed compressed air to squirt out under this base, causing it to rise a fraction of an inch off the surface, so that the machine floated on a cushion of air.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins