compressed
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The first-quarter pullback has compressed the S&P 500’s forward multiple by around 17%, taking it under the 20 mark for the first time since last April.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
In the compressed world of a 988 call, in which both counselor and caller are strangers with little information to go on besides the words they exchange, the potential for miscommunication is high.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Since its 2025 high, the S&P 500’s forward price-earnings ratio has compressed 17%, Wilson wrote in his weekly warm-up research note.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
Into it, he compressed 11 entangled, elongated figures, who seem to float in space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
This is what a control freak learns inside the compressed otherworld of college, maybe above all else: There are simply other ways of being.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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