as in squeezing
the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing
the compression of a long, complicated story into a two-hour movie is never easy
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Recent Examples of compression
What Back Sleeping Changes for Your Skin Switching to back sleeping removes facial compression from the equation completely.
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Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
That reduces the compression and twisting that contribute to chronic stiffness and pain over time.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Lying on your back places your head, neck and spine in a neutral position, reducing the compression and twisting that contribute to chronic pain over time.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
There’s a whole range of Hyperice gadgets available to tinker with, including Normatec compression boots and a Venom heat therapy belt.
—Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
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Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
That reduces the compression and twisting that contribute to chronic stiffness and pain over time.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Lying on your back places your head, neck and spine in a neutral position, reducing the compression and twisting that contribute to chronic pain over time.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
There’s a whole range of Hyperice gadgets available to tinker with, including Normatec compression boots and a Venom heat therapy belt.
—Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compression
Noun
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Concacaf is not the only confederation squeezing games into FIFA windows around the club calendar.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Hassan’s team instead squeezed a photon’s intensity and demonstrated real-time control, fluctuating between intensity and phase-squeezing by adjusting the silica’s position relative to the beams.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The echo reverberates, the force of each choke conjuring a body in painful contraction.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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But in 2025, Li said 25 countries decreased their development assistance to poorer countries, leading to a 23% overall drop from 2024, the largest annual contraction on record.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Storing it while warm can create condensation, which can eventually lead to spoilage.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
2 Apr. 2026
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Although the water cycle is commonly understood as a surface process involving evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, geologic evidence shows that water is also exchanged between Earth’s surface and interior through subduction and volcanic activity.—
Divya Dubey,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Cardinals scored their first two runs in the fifth on Pages' RBI single and Scott's squeeze bunt.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Cardinals scored their first two runs in the fifth on Pages' RBI single and Scott's squeeze bunt.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Could such an inconvenient outcome have led to a deliberate slowing down by the mayor’s office of the contracting process?—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Dismantling affirmative action in federal contracting and laying off Black federal workers, as Sharpton saw it, necessitated a response.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Lungs Starting at around 9,000 feet, your lungs may begin to swell due to a constriction of blood vessels, which can cause fluid to leak and accumulate.—
Brad Stulberg,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
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Egypt as a state of mind The Hebrew name for Egypt, Mitzrayim, shares a root with the word for narrowness or constriction.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Compression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compression. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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