- present participle of compress.
compressing
Example Sentences
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Winds can force floes farther north and push them into other ice, compressing the overall area covered by sea ice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
This weather pattern results in air sinking downwards, compressing and heating up as it hits the ground.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Fusion requires heating and compressing nuclear fuel to make superheated plasma in which atomic nuclei combine, releasing energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
This is compressing cost structures, lowering wage costs and boosting earnings growth, especially among small caps, driving margin expansion.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
He killed me at the Scrabble board, barely concentrating, and on those occasions when speech was necessary he had a way of compressing large thoughts into small, cryptic packets of language.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
