compact
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By contrast, the team's compact telescope was originally designed for studying Earth's magnetosphere and weighs less than ten kilograms.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
Also gone is a line that says districts “shall be as compact in form as practicable,” so get ready to see more avant-garde shapes that belong in the Museum of Modern Art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Last to go was the compact Escape SUV.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
By combining machine learning with enhanced silicon light detection, the technology could pave the way for compact real-time hyperspectral sensing devices.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
She opened her compact again and took another quick glance into the mirror.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing compact
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