compressed

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These compressed, higher tax brackets mostly apply to irrevocable, “nongrantor” trusts rather than revocable trusts, because they are treated as separate, standalone taxpayers by the IRS.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Together, these properties allow light to become concentrated and compressed far beyond traditional physical limits.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

That’s because GPA has become so compressed that distinction is increasingly challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Fuel is injected into the compressed air, and hot exhaust gases exit the back, producing powerful thrust.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Her lips, narrow and compressed when she was awake, were looser and fuller in sleep, and almost smiling, like her sleeping eyes.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman