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as in shrank
to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter
over time the once-fluffy material in the pillow had condensed into a lumpy wad
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as in squeezed
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
condense the information into as brief a report as possible
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as in reduced
to increase the strength of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances
added condensed milk to the mix
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Recent Examples of condensed
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
With a warm spice flavor and a tangy cream cheese frosting, no one will ever believe that this cake starts with a can of condensed tomato soup.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
—Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 26 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
The condensed schedule the Panthers face the rest of the way due to the Olympic break in February works in Tarasov’s favor to get more playing time.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
With a warm spice flavor and a tangy cream cheese frosting, no one will ever believe that this cake starts with a can of condensed tomato soup.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
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This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
—Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condensed
Adjective
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Your rightness would earn you a compressed, airless, spiky situation, like the one your parents had.—
Addie Citchens,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Wise’s essential deployment of tension is absent without the compressed grain that elevates it.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2026
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With the use of these unique materials where ions move freely even under electrical load, the team shrunk these thermometers to a mere square micrometer — thousands of times thinner than a human hair.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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That shrunk the territory Democrats could win, and put some of their incumbents on new red turf.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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When residents are this squeezed, City Hall’s predictable response has been to charge us more.—
Bradley Schnell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The 2012 draft brought a decent linebacker in Olivier Vernon and squeezed one 1,00-yard season from running back Lamar Miller.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Halsey said the women’s identities were reduced to billboard images during the investigation of their deaths.—
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Second, the swift realignment of NASA Goddard’s priorities with the President’s budget request for the 2026 fiscal year — a realignment that occurred when the budget was still only a request — reduced the availability of mission formulation and mission engineering personnel to work on AXIS.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Mar. 2026
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If not eaten immediately, the lovely creaminess becomes a dense pile of goop with no hope of Cinderella-ing itself back to a luxurious state.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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And in between the mammals is an even denser profusion of bird life.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Training the controllers The controllers of the humanoid robot were trained on dynamic parkour motions extracted from the dataset, using reinforcement learning.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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To gain a more complete picture Rahman and Galib chemically extracted and analyzed the various rice proteins from brown rice, kernels, and rice bran.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Mar. 2026
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Our favorite finds include a set of chaise lounge chairs under $200, a compact bistro dining set available in spring-ready shades like pastel pink and eggshell blue, and a $30 side table that offers extra room for snacks and drinks.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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Beyond improving current computer stability, Das envisions these sensors serving as a blueprint for a new generation of ultra-compact technology.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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So the mailman concentrated on the one still talking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Zodiacal light becomes visible in Earth's sky when sunlight reflects off dust particles concentrated on the ecliptic — the plane surrounding the sun that hosts the planets of our solar system, according to EarthSky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Condensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condensed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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