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“Supersonic travel will compress the world in a way we haven’t seen since the Jet Age,” says NYU’s Karaburun.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

“If Brent crude remains above $100 a barrel for long, the tax-refund buffer will eventually be exhausted, real income growth will compress further, and aggregate demand will slow.”

From Barron's May 4, 2026

As payments become commoditized and custody solutions standardize, margins will compress.

From MarketWatch Jan. 16, 2026

If you drop your phone on a pillow, the pillow will compress beneath the phone, which lengthens the impact time.

From Slate Jan. 11, 2024

In long eccentric rods the variation is of course minute; but still it exists, and must exist, since it is impossible to tell exactly how much the rubber will compress in making the joint.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua