compressed
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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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