compressed
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“When you go to the more difficult part, about the concentration camps, there is no natural light, and you’re at the lowest, most compressed, point.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Although it cannot be seen directly, researchers suspected it might be a white dwarf, a dense stellar remnant with a mass similar to the Sun but compressed into a size comparable to Earth.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
That’s a civilizational re-plumbing on the scale of railroads and electrification combined, compressed into a single decade.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Musk did not give a timeline for the Terafab's output, and has previously promised grand results from other projects on compressed time scales.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Keys depressed, cymbals crashed, pipes blew compressed air into clarinets and oboes.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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