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verb

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Recent Examples of compact
Adjective
Photo: Getty Images Photo: Getty Images For accessories, Clooney wore diamond drop earrings, several silver cocktail rings, and a simple compact black clutch. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 17 May 2025 Kia's new Sportage compact SUV model year is on its way. Charles Singh, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Noun
The iron box housed 16 snuff boxes, 10 bracelets, a wire bag, a comb, a chain, and a powder compact—all gold. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025 New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut need to create a new regional rail authority through a formal agreement (sometimes called an interstate compact), with federal support. Robert Previdi, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
Compressed Soil Old, tired potting soil will get compacted. Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025 If water is taken out of an underground aquifer faster than it can be replenished, the aquifer itself can crumble and compact in the ground. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 May 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
  • Now, Coral Springs, considered a suburb of Fort Lauderdale but attracting Miami commuters as well, is a packed city with plenty of culture, recreation and business.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
  • The collision, which took place in a packed city center as fans were celebrating Liverpool F.C. winning the English Premier League, injured 65 people, including four children.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • In a concise 30-to-45-minute session, volunteers learn to recognize warning signs, ask direct questions, validate the veterans' experience, and expedite referral to services—summarized by the acronym SAVE.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
  • Scheduling a concise daily standup meeting can keep alignment tight.
    Max Avery, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Most digital consumer business markets eventually consolidate to a few major players with the winners commanding 30%-plus market share, and Rocket has a clear path to victory.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 May 2025
  • The changes are also to consolidate personnel and equipment in one place.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, they were so thoroughly compressed that nuclear fusion got going—and boom, the very first stars lit up the universe.
    Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Costello neatly compressed the clichés of political pop.
    Armond White, National Review, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • While the bullpen has been a bit of a mess, the starting rotation has been solid.
    Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • Per Deadline Hollywood, which first reported the cancellation, viewership for season 3 was still solid but the show slipped out of Nielsen's Top 10 Originals chart quicker than its predecessors, and the decision to cancel ultimately came down to the show's hefty price tag.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • The cause of the crash also remains unclear, but officials said Friday that the weather alert system and runway lights weren’t working at the airport when the jet attempted to land amid dense fog around 3:45 a.m.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
  • However, researchers observed that after being dispersed by the radiation, the clouds were not dense or large enough to create new stars.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Just a brief walk from the preserve’s entrance, this unique grotto reveals a stunning 50-foot waterfall cascading into a jade-green pool.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
  • India is emerging after a brief conflict with Pakistan, with a ceasefire thankfully appearing to hold for now.
    Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025

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