compress

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You pay more, compress margins and pass much of the additional cost on to customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Liquefied natural gas, or LNG, depends heavily on Middle Eastern suppliers, who freeze and compress the gas and then ship it throughout the world.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Real estate is the latest industry where investors are assessing whether AI will hollow out labor-intensive business models and compress margins at companies that sell expertise at high prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Higher expenses will compress margins in the near term, the analysts noted, but Akamai continues to announce large compute deals that affirm its relevance in the cloud-services market.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

She pressed down on the handle to compress the chamber, which pumped air into the kiln.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri