Compress
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Both words in one sentence
- Watchmen is in the same situation as Sin City, except instead they had to cut and compress more content for time (some re-instated in DVD), didn't keep the visual style (although keeping most of the framing intact), and deciding this time to keep the male nudity.
Source: Old Guard Versus New Blood
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