compressed
Example Sentences
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“A shorter timeline would be artificially compressed and risks depriving this Court of a full record on which to decide this $110 billion case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
It becomes a little compressed, a little messier and somehow more itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
One possible answer lies in contemporary market dynamics: specifically, recent prolonged bull runs and unprecedentedly compressed recovery timelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
"In some cases, progressive or 'pancake' collapses can trap occupants within compressed layers of debris, making rescue operations and victim identification particularly challenging."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
