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

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

Fuel is injected into the compressed air, and hot exhaust gases exit the back, producing powerful thrust.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Except Star Trek, of course, because they used hyposprays to deliver medication directly through the skin in compressed air streams.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram