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

After confirming the concept, the researchers built a compact system capable of recording and reconstructing the encoded optical field within a polarization-sensitive material.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Because of the way the light came through the boathouse, he was a silhouette, but I knew the compact, lean body and the way he held his muscular shoulders back.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings