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compress

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


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

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Margins are likely to compress in the coming few quarters because of the cost of introducing new cutting-edge chip-making in its factories.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

This provided direct evidence of costal aspiration breathing, where muscles between the ribs expand and compress the chest cavity to pull air into the lungs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Discounting could compress margins at a time when many franchisees are already struggling with higher input and operating costs.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

One can imagine a race of advanced space aliens who could compress a portion of this network into a zipped file of bits and hum it to each other like two dial-up modems.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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