compact
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And while the Apollo capsules had room for three astronauts, the Orion craft carries four, as equipment was made to be more compact without a loss of functionality.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
The “Lynch Fragments” were small, compact and muscular sculptures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Max Space, which recently notched a multimillion-dollar investment from Voyager Technologies, is developing space habitats designed to fit on launch vehicles and then expand to up to 20 times their compact size.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Because of these properties, they are promising for applications in quantum optics, sensing, and compact on-chip light sources.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
Purple smoke emerged from the compact Mini was clutching.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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