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compacting

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verb

present participle of compact

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of compacting
Verb
Rammed earth is an old building method that involves compacting damp soil, sand, and clay layers into a solid wall. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025 English also says that protective or tight styles can also lead to matting if left in too long, by compacting tangles at the base. Grace McCarty, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025 This means that trees spread farther apart will appear closer together, compacting the array of color in one scene. Mike De Sisti, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compacting
Noun
  • Hassan’s team instead squeezed a photon’s intensity and demonstrated real-time control, fluctuating between intensity and phase-squeezing by adjusting the silica’s position relative to the beams.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The roots of the dispute stretch back to 2007, when billionaire banker Howard Milstein partnered with Nicklaus to form Nicklaus Companies LLC, consolidating the golf legend’s business ventures under one umbrella.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Together and united with President Maduro, consolidating the path of Chávez.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Within the first four minutes, there was a classic example of Dortmund compressing the pitch immediately to win the ball back, losing it, and then winning it again through Gundogan’s relentless running.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Its work focuses on compressing large language platforms, or LLMs, and creating smaller models, in the belief that most consumers and business customers can do just fine with lower-powered but thoughtfully designed AI that needs less power and fewer chips to run.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On long flights, your legs tend to swell, leading to discomfort, cramping, and even numbness—but a good pair of compression leggings, like this pick from CompressionZ, can prevent those symptoms.
    Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Let’s build a new ladder, one that moves us from compression to expansion.
    Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Difficulty concentrating is a common complaint among people experiencing SAD, Justin Puder, PhD, a psychologist based in Boca Raton, Florida, tells SELF.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This effect is analogous to concentrating sunlight with a magnifying glass to ignite a dry leaf.
    Richard J. Price, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And while the 3rd gen also requires the separate Nest app, the 4th gen offers full functionality and control in the Google Home app, condensing all of your smart home devices into one hub.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The curriculum was meant to make up for lost learning by condensing two academic years into one, having students focus on just the core content of each subject.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Inside, temperature layers could create condensation to support plant growth.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Paint will degrade over time in unregulated temperatures, especially as weather fluctuates for the seasons, and electronics will collect condensation in their circuit boards, internal pieces, and electrical equipment—all of which will cause warping and corrosion over time.
    Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Schichts managed to survive and thrive, building the company, merging with Unilever, founding a cinema, building international networks and even taking to the skies in airplane races.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The district has already closed the school, merging it with Forest Oak Middle School, but Morath has said that many schools in the district are struggling.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Compacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compacting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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