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The action or an instance of squeezing or pressing

squeeze

noun

the action of squeezing something

compression

noun

the process of pressing or squeezing something so that it becomes smaller

nip

noun

a small bite or squeeze

pinch

noun

the action of squeezing someone’s skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them

press

noun

a single push on something such as a button or switch

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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