compact
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The water was divided under a 1922 agreement called the Colorado River Compact, which overpromised what the river could provide.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The state’s new law affirms that students may examine primary sources—including the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, the writings of early American leaders—to discuss the ideas they contain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Compact disc sales were on a steady decline.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
As she explained, the president can only send other states’ National Guards to perform crime control when he has invoked the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025
Compact, hard, logical, totally selfish, the virus is dedicated to making copies of itself— which it can do on occasion with radiant speed.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing compact
com-, con-
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"The Bet" by Anton Chekhov
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