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noun

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Recent Examples of compact
Adjective
According to producers, the low-budget indie comprised minimal crew, compact high-end cameras, and shooting in harsh environments. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 July 2025 At 44-feet long, the town's new ladder truck has a compact wheelbase for improved maneuverability— an essential feature for navigating the town’s narrower roads and residential areas, Interim Fire Chief Matthew Lupo explained. Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 9 July 2025
Noun
Available in 12 buildable shades across matte and glowy finishes, each compact delivers long-wear that’s fade- and transfer-resistant. Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 18 May 2025 The compact Walz signed was the first tribal-state compact authorized under Minnesota’s 2023 cannabis law. Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025
Verb
Ideally, these sizes are stackable and easily compacted when not in use. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2025 This basically involves compacting natural materials such as earth and gravel, extruding the air trapped inside and increasing density. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for compact
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compact
Adjective
  • Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.
    Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Between the pending legislative votes, Powell speaking and the jobs data, there is quite a bit packed into just three-and-a-half days of trading (markets are only open for half a day on Thursday).
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The actual stove unit also collapses into smaller packed form.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Complex questions produced up to six times more carbon dioxide emissions than questions with concise answers.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
  • This epic yet concise 90-minute local history melange is told through short vignettes.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Any nation joining this campaign that is also a signatory to the NPT would have to withdraw from that treaty, Bollfrass says.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Ukraine was one of roughly 160 countries that had agreed to the treaty, though Russia never did.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • There are still a number of pending cases in which courts haven’t reached any major rulings yet, such as Trump’s defunding of NPR and the government’s agreement with El Salvador to imprison migrants.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • The agreement comes during French President Macron symbolic trip to London in a first state visit for any European leader to the UK since the Brexit.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Casino-to-ports billionaire Enrique Razon Jr.’s Prime Infrastructure is consolidating its water utility assets under Manila Water in a deal valued at 37.8 billion pesos ($671 million).
    Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The law also consolidates state child care programs into the Kansas Office of Early Childhood.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • In theory, this could help spotlight Alto Adige’s remarkable vineyard diversity - granite slopes, volcanic porphyry, glacial moraines - all compressed into just under 6,000 hectares of fragmented vineyards, layered across extreme altitudes.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Burnout is a potential trade-off If your workload is heavy, compressing it into fewer days can backfire.
    Julia Sullivan, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Queen Plus Linen Drawstring Shorts A pair of easy-to-throw-on linen shorts is crucial to a solid summer wardrobe.
    Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
  • Jakobi Meyers is a solid receiver, but Vegas still needs to upgrade its receiver room.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025

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“Compact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compact. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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