compressed

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“His transfer came a few months earlier, not a few days earlier. The contours of the relationships between Stagg and Krick and the others are accurate, but they took place in a more compressed timeline.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Like squeezing a sponge, the descending motion dries the air out and when you add in the fact the air is compressed, this also adds to the air heating up.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Together, these properties allow light to become concentrated and compressed far beyond traditional physical limits.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

That’s because GPA has become so compressed that distinction is increasingly challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

And then in front of her, at the precise place where the junipers were still compressed from dragging Runt in, a dark brindle coyote emerged, his head to the ground.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker