compacted

Example Sentences

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Way-marked pistes are generally protected by pre-emptive avalanche blasting, and their snow is flattened and compacted to further reduce the risk.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

The fibers are then compacted even more tightly to fit inside the nucleus.

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

Fill and soil are compacted onto the slab and topped with several layers of asphalt.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

After walking on the dusty, compacted gravel floor of the midway for the last three hours, they feel like they’re two sizes bigger than they actually are.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam