Compresses
Takes and compresses are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Takes" instead a verb "Compresses".
Takes
Compresses and takes are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compresses" instead a verb "Takes".
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Both words in one sentence
- The Revolutionary Girl Utena movie takes the series' already-difficult-to-understand (at least for Westerners) Buddhist allegory, compresses it into two hours, and makes it even more allegorical.
Source: The Movie / Anime and Manga -
Meanwhile, Harry has been haunted by strange dreams...Amusingly, this movie takes the longest book and compresses it into the second-shortest movie.Followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.Tropes exclusive to this film: Adaptation Dye-Job: Sort of.
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In a more straight example, when Sasuke's curse is first sealed by Kakashi, the skill takes the form of a large rune surrounding Sasuke, which is composed entirely of pseudo-text that crawls up his skin and compresses itself to form a barrier around his curse mark.
Source: Human Notepad
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