NARROWS (DOWN) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

narrows (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of narrow (down)

as in compresses

to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal

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Being an 80% keyboard, the MQ80 has the exact same number as tenkeyless, but IQUNIX compresses the layout, shifting the arrow keys, delete, home, end, page up and page down and others to the right.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
That's a fundamental disagreement about the future of the sport, and this early opening date compresses the number of days available for the two sides to find a compromise.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of compresses

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Following the revision of ICOM’s definition of a museum, which faced controversy for not including terms such as decolonization, restitution, and repatriation, the new code condenses the eight principles of the 2004 code into five.

— News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026
Prioritise, which uses AI to surface your most important notifications first, and Summarise, which condenses long chat threads into a quick summary without opening the app.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

Definition of condenses

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That not only squeezes consumers' budgets, but also hits businesses hard, especially those which are heavily dependent on fuel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
That not only squeezes consumers’ budgets, but also hits businesses hard, especially those that are heavily dependent on fuel.

— Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of squeezes

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