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condense

[kuhn-dens] / kənˈdɛns /


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Thomas’s style of speaking, in fact, resembles poetry, with rapid juxtapositions of images and a tendency to condense memories from different time periods.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Teams would think, if you can condense play in their areas, you can control them - and if it goes over to another part of the pitch, you can cope with it.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2026

"It can't create rain where there is no moisture in the air, but it just 'forces' some of the water to condense in one location rather than another," he told AFP.

From Barron's Nov. 2, 2025

This phenomenon involves cooler, heavier blobs of plasma that condense high above the Sun's surface and then plunge back down.

From Science Daily Oct. 15, 2025

If it got too moist, we were afraid that the moisture would condense on the coldest equipment, just as a pitcher of ice tea on a hot summer day gets dripping wet on the outside.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

“Management sees a broader market” once the company condenses its bulky, rack-mounted systems into smaller chips in a few years, he wrote.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Constant stretching and compression of a moon can create recurring wet dry cycles where water repeatedly evaporates and condenses.

From Science Daily May 29, 2026

Tule fog forms when heat escapes from the ground on clear, calm nights, and moisture in the air condenses into a low-lying mist.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

Knox didn’t coach Van Patten through every second of the grueling interrogation scene depicted in the second episode, which condenses 53 hours of ruthless questioning into one harrowing scene.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

When pressure in the reactor gets too high, a safety valve opens and allows steam to escape into the torus, where it condenses back into water.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The tale of Henry and Carlos is outlined in condensed lyrical strokes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The movie is more condensed than the novel; Hitchcock accepted that the film medium cannot access the inner thoughts of a human being, and so significant swaths of the book were excised.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

She later returned to play out a condensed set.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

This dessert is decadent and is baked with sweetened condensed milk that’s reminiscent of dulce de leche.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

The front door opened behind her, and she heard her mother step out just as Pet condensed in front of her.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

By condensing decades of kidney aging into just a few months, the model provides a practical way to evaluate how existing and experimental treatments affect organ resilience over time.

From Science Daily Jan. 30, 2026

The Ombudsman also found the commission "limited the possibility of its departments to provide meaningful input" by condensing internal consultations into "less than 24 hours over a weekend".

From Barron's Nov. 27, 2025

A little more condensing would have been welcome.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

Veragon says its units, which use the cooling and condensing system, cost between $60,000 and $70,000.

From BBC May 27, 2024

Still nervous, Mom knelt down to check on Philip to ensure he was condensing oxygen appropriately.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green




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