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compressed

[kuhm-prest] / kəmˈprɛst /














ADJECTIVE
wrung
Synonyms


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The company’s margin profile has been under scrutiny after gross margins compressed to 6.3% in February.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Aslef says the voluntary compressed four-day week gives participating drivers an extra 35 days off a year "in return for some fairly minor changes to working conditions".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Where we do have a solution is with compressed natural gas, and that’s the one that we’re focused on right now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Observations show that the galaxy's rotating gas disk appears shortened and compressed along its leading edge.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

You become compressed in the direction of motion, your mass increases, and time, as you experience it, slows down, a breathtaking consequence of traveling close to the speed of light called time dilation.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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