compressing

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Transformer supply could normalize if manufacturing capacity expands, compressing margins for equipment suppliers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The retooled seat layouts are compressing the standard economy section and giving airlines a tiered system for collecting revenue that can adapt to different consumer behaviors, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Deputy president of the Ulster Farmers' Union, John McLenaghan, said a changing climate is "compressing" an already-busy seasonal schedule.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

In addition to crater shapes, the simulations predict other features scientists can look for, such as density variations caused by impacts compressing the interior and the spread of metal-rich debris across the surface.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Supernova explosions of massive early stars produced successive overlapping shock waves in the adjacent gas, compressing the intergalactic medium and accelerating the generation of clusters of galaxies.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan