compressed
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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
The Treasury yield curve has compressed as a result, mirroring a dynamic that investors witnessed in 2022.
From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026
“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
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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