compressed
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However, researchers had not been able to directly observe the atomic structure of the compressed material, leaving the proposed intermediate phase unconfirmed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
“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
In the second quarter, Charlotte, N.C.-based Truist Financial’s net interest margin compressed by 0.04 percentage points from a year prior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
To someone standing on a platform watching it pass, the train would appear to be only eighty yards long and everything on it would be similarly compressed.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
