compressed
Example Sentences
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Last year, these both seemed to be having an effect - the grid was more compressed than ever before.
From BBC
With that careful pull, the slab compressed together, suddenly stood up, and took on the shape of a tiny, curvy, modernist-style chair.
From BBC
The sense of vulnerability is tangible - command centres damaged, leadership decapitated, and decision-making compressed into crisis mode.
From BBC
Live DJs spin records on a set of turntables, which helps to create a richer and more analog sound that is closer to the original track than compressed versions such as MP3s.
From Los Angeles Times
The first, which he began making in the early 1960s, were mysterious, sinisterly bejeweled boxes, little containers of compressed surrealism festooned with hundreds of shiny straight pins.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
