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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 shrunk
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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as in compacted
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Recent Examples of compressed
Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
If a heavy storm hits in a compressed time period, water could reach the limit of what the water treatment plants can process.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
An allied invention was the forming tube that compressed the yarns as the strand was made.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
This places a ton of pressure on the shoulders, in particular on the rotator cuff muscles, which can get impinged (so, compressed or irritated) from that positioning.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
If a heavy storm hits in a compressed time period, water could reach the limit of what the water treatment plants can process.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
But this represents a 60 percent reduction from the 8-billion-parameter Llama model it was compressed from.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
An allied invention was the forming tube that compressed the yarns as the strand was made.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compressed
Verb
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This interview has been edited and condensed.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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This interview has been condensed and edited for length.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His administration’s cuts have already shrunk the agency’s staff.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Other tech giants have similarly shrunk their workforce because of AI.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The shakeups are the latest at a time when restaurants are squeezed between a labor shortage, rising food prices and a loss of customers as diners cut back on spending.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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For now, the three youngest each sleep in their own pack-and-plays squeezed into their parents’ bedroom.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Labor shortages have shrunk harvests while tariffs have upped import prices.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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My eyes shrunk to slits, trying to spot the glow sticks that The Medellín Cartel had affixed to their bounty, which slowly lit up the water’s surface like fluorescent fireflies.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The mornings were packed with talks from leading thinkers in business, technology, and culture.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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So, at 18 years old, Viskari packed his bags and flew across the Atlantic Ocean to Richmond, Virginia.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Plus, the faux leather material has some give, so your foot won’t feel constricted.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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But the binary choice between a single state and two separate ones is false, unnecessarily constricted.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For example, the military's ultra-hardened Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellites in geosynchronous orbit are designed to operate through an electromagnetic pulse and nuclear scintillation.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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The hardened sediment largely contained the mineral brucite — created through alkaline waste interacting with magnesium in the ocean water that resulted in the crust-like surface surrounding the barrels.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If the soil is compacted, aerating the lawn will improve the flow of air and water.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 2025
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As the season progresses, this growing medium can become extremely hard and compacted, refusing to absorb water.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Compressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compressed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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