“It's perfectly portable, thanks to its being made of springy memory foam that enables you to compress it to half its size.”

“If your down jacket starts to compress after it's been packed away for the summer, simply place it in the dryer on low heat and it will puff back up.”

“Scatter the other half of the onion on top and press it down to compress the meat and onion.”

“As the siren moves toward you, it is catching up to and compressing the sound waves it produces, thus the higher pitch.”

“Taking a skills clinic can jump-start your mountain-biking education by compressing a lot of information into one or a few days.”

“These structures irritate the tendon by putting pressure on it and compressing it.”