compressed

It had compressed, gradually squashing into a smaller space.

For the showrunners, the compressed timeline between when the show was picked up by NBC in July to production to air meant that they had to make some compromises, including where the show was filmed.

Then comes the blast wave—a wall of compressed air expanding out from the explosion faster than the speed of sound—and the houses shatter.

“I don’t think it’s actually unusual when you have a boom that’s taking place in a very compressed period of time to have this level of interaction between companies.”

A significant uptick in general and administrative expenses compressed profit.