telescoped

Example Sentences

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But this time around, in Burkina Faso, the timetable has telescoped.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2022

LaTocha’s telescoped material history registers the onward march of human activity but also what existed long before.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

There were two wheels at one end and a handle that telescoped out from the base at the other.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2018

At the Sirius Town Hall, the old “Mike and the Mad Dog” jingle plays, and fans in throwback Mets jerseys gather, and time has been telescoped.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2017

When a human being is fed upon and consumed by one of them, especially in Africa, the event is telescoped against horizons of space and time, and takes on a feeling of immense antiquity.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston