Thesaurus results for WEIGHED (UPON)

weighed (upon)

verb

past tense of weigh (upon)

as in bore (down)

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compressed

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The explosion of malice effaces them in different ways, and James traces the mechanisms of their vanishing, examining how a person’s life can be compressed into smaller and smaller spaces.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The core issue is that this gas is normally compressed when injected at depth underground.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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