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as in summary
a shortened version of a written work
a condensation of the opinion issued by the state's supreme court
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as in condensing
the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing
a staff employed in the condensation of magazine articles
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Recent Examples of condensation
Google is using artificial intelligence to predict where these condensation trails, or contrails, are likely to form if planes pass through.
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ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Moisture from condensation can also pool on cold sills in winter, feeding mold or mildew if it is not wiped away regularly.
—Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 13 Mar. 2026
So with enough condensation, mold can grow either inside or outside on a window frame.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
Place the wood too close to the cold, and condensation builds, which provides conditions for unsafe and sloppy basketball.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Moisture from condensation can also pool on cold sills in winter, feeding mold or mildew if it is not wiped away regularly.
—Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 13 Mar. 2026
So with enough condensation, mold can grow either inside or outside on a window frame.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
Place the wood too close to the cold, and condensation builds, which provides conditions for unsafe and sloppy basketball.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condensation
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The general format for interviews, subject to change, is to have each candidate make a three-minute introduction, answer brief questions from council members, then deliver a one-minute summary.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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With respect to Google, the suit says the company’s core search engine and its artificial intelligence summary feature called AI mode were responsible for publishing victims’ personal information.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board candidates who are suing the Shelby County Election Commission over term abridgment had a win in court recently.—
Brooke Muckerman,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
8 Jan. 2026
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At the start, Henry labored alone, and Frank applied himself to another joint project, an abridgment of the O.E.D.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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While compression reduces memory traffic and GPU-hours required per workload, lower costs per token could spur greater usage, potentially offsetting some of the demand impact.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Make your socks work for you with compression essentials designed to support circulation and comfort.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The party is an Iranian-Kurdish nationalist separatist group known by the local abbreviation PAK.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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The abbreviation served as camouflage.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
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Concacaf is not the only confederation squeezing games into FIFA windows around the club calendar.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
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TourScoop coversguided group tours and tour operators,tour operator reviews,tour itinerary reviews andtravel gear recommendations.—
Carly Neil,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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This configuration is even better than our review unit, with both the RAM and storage doubled, as well as a 14th generation Intel Core i5 processor.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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There is a sense that industry contraction, rather than killing creativity, may be forcing the business to sharpen its focus.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Besides causing building foundations to crack and roadways to heave, the expansion and contraction can cause pipes to disconnect, and the pipe couplings that an Atmos predecessor installed are not resistant to pulling out, the board found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Hello and welcome to Bloomberg’s weekly design digest.—
Kriston Capps,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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SentryWorld has been a staple in the top 100 list of public courses and currently sits at 49th according to golf digest.—
Jeff Goudy,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Condensation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condensation. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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