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as in condensed
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
a science textbook that compresses a lot of information about human reproduction into a few short chapters
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as in shrank
to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter
the substance can compress under pressure
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Recent Examples of compressed
Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
Your rightness would earn you a compressed, airless, spiky situation, like the one your parents had.
—Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Years of work compressed into one headline.
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Each fable encodes an algorithm of behavior, a compressed moral script.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
Your rightness would earn you a compressed, airless, spiky situation, like the one your parents had.
—Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
It also gets compressed, which squeezes the air and puts even more pressure on it, which heats it up.
—Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Years of work compressed into one headline.
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compressed
Verb
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This interview has been edited and condensed.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Her remarks have been edited and condensed.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Concessions in the 2010s froze wages and weakened health and retirement benefits, and the executive branch work force shrunk by 10%.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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The research and manufacturing infrastructure to close those gaps quickly doesn’t currently exist at the scale this moment requires, and the workforce to deploy them has shrunk.—
Ashish K. Jha,
STAT,
25 Mar. 2026
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And almost all traffic goes through two main shipping lanes that are even more squeezed.—
Annette Choi,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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More than 22,000 oranges are squeezed, and hundreds of gallons of drinks are poured, all for opening day.—
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Part of the challenge for vessels and any potential ship-escorting operations is that the room for maneuver is highly constricted.—
Annette Choi,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Ongoing geopolitical conflict has constricted global oil supply and driven up prices for fuel and other goods, and the resulting inflationary pressure has pushed bond yields higher, including that of the 10-year Treasury, which mortgage rates track closely.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The hardened look of a world-weary MI6 agent.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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So essentially, a beverage cooler is just a polystyrene foam container with a hardened plastic coating.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Word's out and this local favorite is often packed with people clamoring for their ravioli.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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For much of the last decade, a steady, often robust flow of immigrants into the county has been critical to bolstering San Diego’s sometimes sluggish population growth as more and more locals packed their bags and moved to other parts of the country.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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In the past forty years, men’s wages have decreased as a percentage of over-all family income, while broader wealth inequalities and job insecurity have grown.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In two of six Minneapolis areas, overall crime decreased 43% and 56% respectively, while, in all other areas, overall crime rose.—
Eric Adler
March 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The super-senior brings a fiery magnitude that lifts his tempered Bulldogs.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Georgia has similar ambitions, if a tad more tempered.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Compressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compressed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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