compressed
Example Sentences
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That’s because GPA has become so compressed that distinction is increasingly challenging.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Fuel is injected into the compressed air, and hot exhaust gases exit the back, producing powerful thrust.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
While not a "fair comparison" due to the compressed schedule compared to the World Cup, Swift coming to town was "a city-wide sellout type of event", Jenkins said.
From BBC • May 15, 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
I have highly developed, like, cooling-off mechanisms and am perhaps even more comfortable being compressed, than not.’
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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