compact
Example Sentences
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The last World Cup was in Qatar, making it the most territorially compact World Cup ever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
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
Researchers have now developed a compact new detector that combines quantum physics with a specially engineered metasurface to significantly improve the way terahertz radiation is captured and converted into electrical signals.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Speaking of promises, a “sacred compact had been made when the nation was founded in 1787, compact which brought us together mutually to relinquish a share of our interests to preserve the remainder.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing compact
com-, con-
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"The Bet" by Anton Chekhov
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