compacted

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Even the design of farm machinery was considered — and tractors were fitted with wider tires to ensure that soil was less compacted when driven over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The researchers also found that synthetic condensates closely resemble compacted chromatin found in cells.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025

These layers of ice holding dust, compacted for centuries, perhaps millennia, may be able to tell us about the atmosphere, temperatures and snowfalls deep into the past.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Owen and Caitlin were able to have their own rooms, as Sarah's crafts were compacted into the living room in a large cupboard.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

She was too much nervous energy compacted into too small a container.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler