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compress

[kuhm-pres, kom-pres] / kəmˈprɛs, ˈkɒm prɛs /


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Army selected Lattice as the fire-control platform for the Integrated Battle Command System Maneuver program, a counterdrone command-and-control layer meant to fuse sensor data, automate fire control and compress the detection-to-defeat timeline.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

Using AI to compress drug discovery from years to as little as nine months, it is developing products catering to the local market but that are more novel than what homegrown firms can offer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

"At altitude, high pressure systems exert pressure on this warm air mass, and when we compress a warm air mass, we actually make it even hotter."

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

This has caused the index’s forward price-to-earnings ratio to compress by more than 4%.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Yossarian sprinkled this one with sulfanilamide too and continued unwinding the gauze around Snowden’s leg until the compress was secure.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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